US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Sept. 8 for "Light-emitting device and surface light source" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,306, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device and surface light source" was invented by Kiyoshi Kayama (Tokushima, Japan) and Takenori Kumakura (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a support including a wall portion; a light-emitting element placed on the support and surrounded by the wall portion in a plan view; a first light-transmissive member having a first outer surface and a second outer surface, which is located above the first outer surface and is located inside the first outer surface in the plan view, and covering the light-emitting element...