ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,542, issued on March 31, was assigned to TRUMPF PHOTONIC COMPONENTS GMBH (Ulm, Germany).

"Semiconductor component" was invented by Andreas Popp (Markgroeningen, Germany), Alexander Marc Van der Lee (Venlo, Netherlands), Sven Bader (Neu-Ulm, Germany), Roman Koerner (Lonsee, Germany), Jenny Tempeler (Ulm, Germany), Michael Smeets (Neu-Ulm, Germany), Andrea Ott (Beimerstetten, Germany), Markus Herper (Aachen, Germany) and Daniela Stange (Langenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor component for emitting light includes a main body that comprises at least one mesa body. The mesa body has an emission region for emitti...