US Patent Issued to NICHIA on June 30 for "Light emitting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,402, issued on June 30, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device" was invented by Makiko Iwasa (Anan, Japan) and Yuji Sato (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a dominant wavelength in a range of 430 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a fluorescent material that is excited by light emitted from the light emitting element and has a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 507 nm or more and 660 nm or less, wherein the light emitting device emits light having a dominant wavelength in a range of 490 nm or more and 500 nm or less, wher...