ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,271, issued on March 18, was assigned to ams-OSRAM International GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Optoelectronic unit and method for identifying an optoelectronic unit" was invented by Philipp Pust (Langquaid, Germany), Stefan Lange (Augsburg, Germany) and Sebastian Stoll (Coburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic unit includes a semiconductor chip configured to emit primary radiation with a first wavelength range during operation of the optoelectronic unit. The optoelectronic unit also includes a component including an optically active material. The component is arranged at least partially in the beam path of the...