ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,492, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Light-emitting diode packages with selectively placed light-altering materials and related methods" was invented by Sarah Trinkle (Broadway, N.C.), Alexis Rile (Durham, N.C.), Robert Wilcox (Rolesville, N.C.) and Colin Blakely (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light-emitting diode (LED) packages and more particularly LED packages with selectively placed light-altering materials and related methods are disclosed. Selectively placed light-altering materials are provided that are arranged along peripheral edges of LED chips and along portions of underlyi...