ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,620, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Laser with optical signal management capability" was invented by John Evan Johnson (Schnecksville, Pa.), Near Margalit (Westlake Village, Calif.) and David John Kenneth Meadowcroft (Framlingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser module can include one or more lasers, an optical I/O interface, an optical receive interface, an optical transmit interface, a first optical device, and a second optical device. The first optical device is disposed between the optical I/O interface and the optical transmit interface, and th...