ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,997, issued on July 1, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Methods and systems for aligning master oscillator power amplifier systems" was invented by Chun-Lin Louis Chang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Henry Tong Yee Shian (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Alan Tu (Zhubei, Taiwan), Han-Lung Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tzung-Chi Fu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Bo-Tsun Liu (Taipei, Taiwan), Li-Jui Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Po-Chung Cheng (Chiayi County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for aligning a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system. The method includes ramp...