ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,611, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical device and method of mounting electronic part" was invented by Takashi Aoyagi (Tokyo) and Makoto Fukuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device is provided, the optical device having a laminated substrate in which a plurality of functional layers are laminated, and an optical part and an electronic part disposed on the laminated substrate, wherein one of the functional layers is a first functional layer that the optical part is placed one, and one of other of the functional layers is a second functional layer that is disposed below the first functiona...