ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,316, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, light-emitting module, electronic device, and lighting device" was invented by Takeyoshi Watabe (Atsugi, Japan), Airi Ueda (Sagamihara, Japan), Nobuharu Ohsawa (Zama, Japan) and Satoshi Seo (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device that emits near-infrared light and emits visible light that is less likely to be seen is provided. The light-emitting device contains a light-emitting organic compound and a host material in a light-emitting layer. The maximum peak wavel...