ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,055, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Electronic device including a lens assembly" was invented by Kaveh Hosseini (Livermore, Calif.), Omkar Karhade (Chandler, Ariz.), Xiaoqian Li (Chandler, Ariz.), Chia-Pin Chiu (Tempe, Ariz.) and Finian G. Rogers (Newbridge, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) coupled with a substrate. The PIC may communicate a photonic signal with one or more optical fibers. The PIC may process the photonic signal into an electronic signal. The PIC may extend between a first end and a second end. An electron...