ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,456, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting module" was invented by Tsuyoshi Okahisa (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting module includes: a light source including a plurality of light emitting parts that are configured to be turned on individually or configured to be turned on in groups of multiple light emitting parts; and a cover member disposed over the light source and configured to transmit light from the light source, the cover having an upper surface that includes a flat surface portion. The cover member includes, in a top view: a first region, a second region...