ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,602, issued on June 10, was assigned to OPTICIS Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Optical connector supporting bidirectional communication" was invented by Hee Dae Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an optical connector. The optical connector includes an optical sub-assembly (OSA) substrate integrally formed, the OSA substrate including a bottom surface, a first support surface, and a second support surface, the first and second support surfaces being formed together at a height of a first level from the bottom surface and apart from each other; a light-emitting device arranged on the first suppo...