US Patent Issued to NICHIA on June 23 for "Base member or light-emitting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,383, issued on June 23, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Base member or light-emitting device" was invented by Kiyoshi Enomoto (Komatsushima, Japan) and Eiichiro Okahisa (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base member includes a lower portion and a lateral portion. The lateral portion includes a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface not adjacent to the first lateral surface, and a third lateral surface adjacent to the first lateral surface, and first to third step portions. The first step portion is arranged inward of the first lateral surface along a portion or an entirety of the first lateral su...