ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,323, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Optical module with integrated heatsinks" was invented by Tyler Ista (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, an optical module includes a housing and a circuitry component disposed within the housing, the circuitry component including an optical subassembly and a digital signal processor. The optical module may include a first heatsink above the optical subassembly, and a second heatsink above the digital signal processor, where the second heatsink is separated from the first heatsink by an air gap."

The patent was ...