ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,907, issued on April 1, was assigned to OE Solutions Co. Ltd. (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Laser element and method for producing same" was invented by Ki Hong Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seon Jae Choi (Gumi-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a laser element and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the laser element includes a first clad layer, an optical waveguide disposed on the first clad layer, a second clad layer disposed on the optical waveguide, a first electrode disposed on the second clad layer, and a dummy clad disposed on the optical waveguide and apart from the second clad layer and the f...