ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,117, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Polarization rotators with overlapping waveguide cores" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a polarization rotator and methods of forming a structure for a polarization rotator. The structure comprises a first waveguide core having a first section, a second section, a first terminating end, and a second terminating end opposite to the first terminating end. The first and second sections of the first waveguide core are arranged between the first terminating end and the second terminating end. Th...