US Patent Issued to CreeLED on May 6 for "Light emitting diodes and methods with encapsulation" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,042, issued on May 6, was assigned to CreeLED Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Light emitting diodes and methods with encapsulation" was invented by Christopher P. Hussell (Cary, N.C.) and Zhenyu Zhong (TKO, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid state lighting apparatuses, systems, and related methods are provided. An example apparatus can include one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a dark or black encapsulation layer surrounding and/or disposed between the one or more LEDs. The apparatus can include, e.g., a substrate or a leadframe for mounting the LEDs. A method for producing a panel of LEDs can include joining the LEDs to ...