ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,420, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu, Japan).

"Light-emitting diode element and method for manufacturing display apparatus" was invented by Shih-Hsiung Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yang-En Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting diode element includes a first-type semiconductor layer, a second-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, an insulating layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first passivation layer, a first seed layer, a first electroplating layer, a first solder and second solder. The insulating layer covers a sidewall of the first-type semiconductor layer, a sid...