ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,502, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device" was invented by Takuya Yamanoi (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a base member having a recess inside which a light-emitting element is disposed; and a light-reflective member continuously disposed on an upper surface of the bottom portion and at least a portion of an inner lateral surface of a wall portion inside the recess of the base member, in a cross-sectional view, the inner lateral surface of the wall portion having a first surface, a second surface located above the first surface, and a t...