ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,352, issued on July 14, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device" was invented by Shota Murakami (Anan, Japan) and Soichiro Miura (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base includes: a bottom part having a bottom face, wherein the bottom face has a first region configured to support one or more semiconductor laser elements thereon and a second region configured to support a light reflective member and/or an optical member thereon; a lateral part surrounding the bottom face and extending upwards from the bottom face, wherein the lateral part has an uppermost face and includes a first stepped port...