ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,360, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DONG-EUI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Busan, South Korea).

"Light emitting device and vehicle lamp including the same" was invented by Sung Hoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device and a lamp for a vehicle including the same are described. A quantum dot thin film is formed on an LED device and is able to fully absorb light of the LED device and to prevent light leak phenomenon and color purity deterioration problems. Further, it is possible to form the quantum dot thin film of various designs depending on the shape of a light em...