ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,306, issued on July 21, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device" was invented by Toshiaki Yamashita (Komatsushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes first and second light-emitting elements, an optical member, and a wavelength conversion member. The optical member includes an optical action layer configured to reflect or transmit light in accordance with a wavelength of the light. The optical action layer is configured to reflect first emission light emitted from the first light-emitting element and second emission light emitted from the second light-emitting element. The...