ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,510, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LUMILEDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Phosphor-converted light emitting diodes (LEDs) color tuning" was invented by Gregoire Denis (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Rohit Modi (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Light sources including pluralities of light emitting diodes (LEDs) comprise primary and laser-modified device materials in order to achieve tuned color point distributions. The device materials may be down converter materials and/or functional materials. Tuned color point distributions include improved color yields by modifying sections of the device material of the LEDs that sk...