ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,995, issued on May 6, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for collecting semiconductor light emitting diodes" was invented by Dohwan Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Dohee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yongil Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Bongchu Shim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for collecting semiconductor light emitting diodes according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electromagnet portion disposed in a fluid chamber into which semiconductor light emitting diodes including a magnetic material are put to form a magnetic field when power is appli...