ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,647, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).
"Luminophore, method for producing a luminophore and radiation-emitting component" was invented by Markus Seibald (Kaufering, Germany), Dominik Baumann (Munich), Christiane Stoll (Schwabmuenchen, Germany), Hubert Huppertz (Innsbruck, Austria) and Klaus Wurst (Zirl, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminophore may have the general formula A2EZzXx:RE, where: A is selected from the group of the monovalent elements; E is selected from the group of the tetravalent, pentavalent, or hexavalent elements; Z is selected from the group of the div...