ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,253, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing phosphor ceramic and method for manufacturing light-emitting device" was invented by Takeshi Sadamochi (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method for manufacturing a phosphor ceramic that emits light when excited by excitation light, and a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device. The method for manufacturing a phosphor ceramic includes preparing a precursor that is either a molded body containing aluminum nitride or a sintered body containing aluminum nitride, and producing an aluminum nitride phosphor ce...