ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,864, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EPISTAR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Pixel package" was invented by Chao Chi Tu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chung Che Dan (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wei Shan Hu (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ching Tai Cheng (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel package includes a carrier, a first light-emitting unit, a second light emitting unit, a reflective layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The carrier has a top surface and a conductive layer. The first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit are arranged on the conductive layer and have a light-emitting surface and a side surface respectively. The ref...