ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,485, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Optoelectronic semiconductor component having a gold layer in the edge region" was invented by Ivar Tangring (Regensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic semiconductor component may include a semiconductor layer stack configured to generate electromagnetic radiation. The semiconductor layer stack may be arranged over a substrate and structured to form a mesa, so that the semiconductor layer stack is not present in an edge region of the substrate. The component may include a converter element on a side of the semicondu...