ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,709, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lighting module and lighting device having same" was invented by Young Jae Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Chang Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Gyeong Ii Jin (Seoul, South Korea) and Moo Ryong Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; and a resin layer disposed on the substrate and the plurality of light sources, and a first reflective layer disposed on the resin layer, ...