ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,166, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Optoelectronic assembly and method for the production of same" was invented by Thomas Kippes (Neumarkt, Germany) and Joerg Erich Sorg (Regensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an optoelectronic assembly with an optoelectronic component with two or more connecting contacts for feeding supply and/or control signals. A housing with a two-dimensional structured underside has two or more solder pads which are each surrounded by a non-wettable region, wherein the solder pads are guided through the underside of the h...