ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,297, issued on April 1, was assigned to DARWIN PRECISIONS Corp. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

"Backlight module" was invented by Hsiang-I Hu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a low-reflective element, and a light-shielding element. The light guide plate has a light-incident surface, a light-exiting surface, and a bottom surface. The light source includes a circuit board and light-emitting elements. The circuit board is located on the light-exiting surface. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the circuit board and spaced apart. Each light-emittin...