ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,602, issued on July 8.

"Optical module and method of making the same" was invented by Ying-Chung Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsun-Wei Chan (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Lu-Ming Lai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Kuang-Hsiung Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module includes: a carrier; an optical element disposed on the upper side of the carrier; and a housing disposed on the upper side of the carrier, the housing defining an aperture exposing at least a portion of the optical element, an outer sidewall of the housing including at least one singulation portion disposed on the upper side of the carrier, wherein the singul...