ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,230, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lighting device" was invented by Eay Jin Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Kwang Hyun Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Duck Yang (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention comprises a substrate; a light source disposed on the substrate; and a light guide member disposed on the substrate and the light source, wherein the light guide member includes an exit surface and a first reflective surface facing the exit surface, the first reflective surface includes ...