US Patent Issued to NICHIA on April 8 for "Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,099, issued on April 8, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Tsuyoshi Okahisa (Tokushima, Japan) and Shinya Matsuoka (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array on a base member; and a lens that includes at least one lens part disposed above the base member and including a first surface that faces the plurality of light-emitting elements, the first surface including a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of light-emitting elements include: a first light-em...