ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,476, issued on May 12, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light emitting device and electronic apparatus using same" was invented by Ryosuke Shigitani (Osaka, Japan), Mitsuru Nitta (Kyoto, Japan) and Shozo Oshio (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a light emitting device that is characterized by at least combining a solid-state light emitting element, a first wavelength converter, and a second wavelength converter, and emits output light. The solid-state light emitting element emits primary light. The first wavelength converter absorbs at least part of the primary ...