ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,786, issued on May 27, was assigned to ADVANCED MICRO FOUNDRY PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) devices and the like" was invented by Guo Qiang Patrick Lo (Singapore), Bo Li (Singapore) and Lian Xi Larry Lia (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna or antenna array for a steerable light beam, the antenna array comprising a plurality of linear antenna arrays (100), each linear antenna array comprising: a plurality of antenna elements (104); a waveguide (102) supporting the antenna elements having a length and a thickness; and a control element (400, 402, 404), adjacent to the waveguide, arranged t...