ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,640, issued on June 30, was assigned to ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Light emitting module" was invented by Lin-Wei Chiu (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting module includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first light emitting components, a light guide plate and a plurality of second light emitting components. The transparent substrate includes a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The plurality of first light emitting components are arranged in an array on the first surface. The light guide plate is disposed on the second surface. The plurality ...