ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,843, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonics chip structures including a reflector" was invented by Md Nabil Shehtab Dhrubo (Troy, N.Y.), Andreas D. Stricker (Essex Junction, Vt.), Alexander Derrickson (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Subramanian Krishnamurthy (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) and Judson R. Holt (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photonics chip structures including a reflector and methods of forming such structures. The photonics chip structure comprises a first waveguide core, a second waveguide core adjacent to the first waveguide core...