ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,402, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HyperLight Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Double blade dicing of lithium-containing photonics devices" was invented by Fan Ye (Lincoln, Mass.), Ying Wang (Somerville, Mass.) and Roy Meade (Bastrop, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A singulated thin film lithium containing (TFLC) photonics device, as well as a method and system for singulating the device are described. The TFLC photonics device includes a device layer and a silicon substrate. The device layer includes a TFLC layer having a depth. The device layer also has a first sawn edge. The silicon substrate has a second sawn edge and includes...