ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,190, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to InnoLux Corp. (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

"Backlight module" was invented by Chih-Jung Huang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Lei-Jie Du (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Meng Gao (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Ling-Jian Huang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan), Sheng-Jian Shen (Miao-Li County, Taiwan) and Guang-Lei Zhang (Miao-Li County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module includes: a back plate; a first optical film disposed on the back plate; and a second optical film disposed on the first optical film. The first optical film includes a plurality of first protrusions that protrude toward the second opt...