US Patent Issued to NICHIA on April 14 for "Optical member, light-emitting device, method for manufacturing optical member, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,580, issued on April 14, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Optical member, light-emitting device, method for manufacturing optical member, and method for manufacturing light-emitting device" was invented by Toshiaki Yamashita (Komatsushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an optical member includes: preparing a first light-transmissive member and a first molded body made of an inorganic material and surrounding at least one or more lateral surfaces of the first light-transmissive member; firing the first molded body at a first temperature to obtain a first light-reflective member; bonding a...