ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,823, issued on April 15, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Light source module" was invented by Yasuhiro Fujimoto (Setouchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source module includes a first light emitter, a second light emitter, and a third light emitter each to emit light with a different wavelength, a cladding, and a core in the cladding. The core includes a first waveguide that transmits light emitted from the first light emitter, a second waveguide that transmits light emitted from the second light emitter, a third waveguide that transmits light emitted from the third light emitter, a first merging portion ...