ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,415, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Surface-emitting device with a light emitting diode and a sealing member" was invented by Yoshihiro Kanai (Tokyo-to, Japan), Atsuo Tsuzuki (Tokyo-to, Japan), Marii Nishikawa (Tokyo-to, Japan), Kosuke Saeki (Tokyo-to, Japan) and Shunsuke Furuya (Tokyo-to, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface-emitting device includes: a light-emitting diode substrate including a supporting substrate, and a light-emitting diode element placed on one surface side of the supporting substrate; and a sealing member placed on a light-emitting diode element side surface ...