ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,631, issued on July 1, was assigned to LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) Ltd. (Guangzhou, China) and Lite-On Technology Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Light-emitting keyboard and backlight module" was invented by Yi-Wen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting keyboard includes a bracket, keycaps, a circuit layer, a composite light-emitting layer, a spacing layer and an adhesive layer. The keycaps are disposed on the bracket and connected to the bracket. The circuit layer is disposed between the keycaps and the bracket. The composite light-emitting layer is disposed under the bracket, and includes a conductive laye...