ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,913, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).

"Integrated optical receiver with monitor photodiode" was invented by Stuart Conley (Newton Abbot, Great Britain), Colin Smith (Paignton, Great Britain) and Nick Brooks (Paignton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical receiver includes an integrated receiver chip includes a data port configured to receive an optical data signal derived from a receive optical signal, a first waveguide coupled to the data port and configured to transmit the optical data signal from the data port to an optical waveguide circuit of the...