ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,561, issued on June 24, was assigned to Global Technology Inc. (Ningbo, China).

"Optical transmission control device" was invented by Hao Jin (Ningbo, China), Fan Yang (Ningbo, China) and Qikun Huang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical transmission control device comprises a light emitting sub-component, a first and a second signal transmission line, a laser driving component, a switching component, and a microcontroller. The laser driving component is connected to the light emitting sub-component. The switching component has two input terminals, an output terminal, and a controlling terminal, the two input termi...