ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,401, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Nubis Communications Inc. (New Providence, N.J.).

"Data processing systems including optical communication modules" was invented by Peter Johannes Winzer (Aberdeen, N.J.), Brett Michael Dunn Sawyer (Pasadena, Calif.), Ron Zhang (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Peter James Pupalaikis (Ramsey, N.J.), Clinton Randy Giles (Watchung, N.J.), Guilhem de Valicourt (Jersey City, N.J.) and Jonathan Proesel (Mount Vernon, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has a top panel, a bottom panel, a left side panel, a right side pa...