ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,774, issued on May 13, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Microdisplay architecture with light extraction efficiency enhancement" was invented by Wei Sin Tan (Plymouth, Great Britain), Andrea Pinos (Plymouth, Great Britain), Samir Mezouari (Swindon, Great Britain), Kathleen Bonnie Vinden (Exeter, Great Britain) and John Lyle Whiteman (St. Austell, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source comprises a backplane wafer with electrical circuits fabricated thereon, and an array of LEDs coupled to the backplane wafer. Each LED of the array of LEDs comprises a mesa structure including se...