ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,302, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device" was invented by Kazuaki Sakai (Tokushima, Japan), Kenta Mitsuyama (Anan, Japan) and Yoshio Ichihara (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a resin package including a plurality of recessed portions, a plurality of light-emitting elements, each disposed in the corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions, a plurality of reflective members, and a mold resin portion including a first lens portion, a second lens portion, and a third lens portion. In the plan view, a maximum width of the first lens p...