ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,591, issued on April 14, was assigned to Plessey Semiconductors Ltd (Plymouth Devon, Great Britain).

"Spacer LED architecture for high efficiency micro LED displays" was invented by Andrea Pinos (Plymouth, Great Britain), WeiSin Tan (Plymouth, Great Britain), Samir Mezouari (Plymouth, Great Britain) and John Lyle Whiteman (Plymouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an optical device, the method comprising the steps of forming a mesa, the mesa comprising an active layer configured to emit light from a first light emitting surface of the mesa when subjected to an electrical current, the mesa further com...