ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,130, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device and method of manufacturing light emitting device" was invented by Soichiro Miura (Tokushima, Japan) and Shota Takase (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element and a package that seals the semiconductor light emitting element. The package includes a base having a first upper surface region directly or indirectly supporting the semiconductor light emitting element, and a second upper surface region surrounding the first upper surface region in a plan view viewed in a ...