ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,914, issued on July 14, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Lumiphoric material structures for light- emitting diode packages and related methods" was invented by Andre Pertuit (Raleigh, N.C.), Michael Check (Holly Springs, N.C.), David Suich (Durham, N.C.), Colin Blakely (Raleigh, N.C.) and Robert Wilcox (Rolesville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and more particularly lumiphoric material structures for LED packages and related methods are disclosed. Cover structures with predefined color points for LED packages may include multiple lumiphoric materia...