ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,926, issued on July 14, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lighting-emitting devices and more particularly light-emitting diode (LED) chips with multiple wavelength emissions and related methods are disclosed. LED chips include separately formed active LED structures that are bonded together to form a single LED chip capable of emitting multiple wavele...