ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,419, issued on July 15, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Backlighting unit with a reflector, a diffuser, and an optical assembly" was invented by Ulrich Streppel (Regensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlighting unit comprises a carrier having a top side arranged parallel to an x-y-plane, a reflector assemblage arranged over the carrier in a z-direction, an optical assemblage arranged over the reflector assemblage in the z-direction, and a diffuser arranged over the optical assemblage in the z-direction. A cell of the backlighting unit comprises a section of the carrier having an o...