ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,496, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CREELED INC. (Newark, Calif.).

"Coated phosphor particle, light emitting device including a coated phosphor particle, and method of making a coated phosphor particle" was invented by Andre Pertuit (Raleigh, N.C.), Michael Check (Apex, N.C.), David Suich (Durham, N.C.), Colin Blakely (Raleigh, N.C.) and Robert Wilcox (Rolesville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device comprises a light emitting diode (LED) chip having a dominant wavelength in a range from about 390 nm to about 560 nm, an encapsulant in optical communication with the LED chip, and coated phosphor particles di...