ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,438, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Optical device and light emitting device" was invented by Yoshinobu Kawaguchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Takeshi Kamikawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate includes an upper surface and wiring lines disposed on the upper surface. The first optical semiconductor element is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate, and the second optical semiconductor element is adjacent to the first optical semiconductor element. The first optical semiconductor element includes a first electrode and a second electrode each disposed at a lower end portion of the...