ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,589, issued on July 29, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing light-emitting device" was invented by Hiroaki Kageyama (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing an intermediate body having a first ultraviolet transmitting layer, a first adhesive layer, a plurality of first light emitting elements, a second adhesive layer, and a second ultraviolet transmitting layer; disposing on the second ultraviolet transmitting layer of the intermediate body, an ultraviolet shielding layer in a region corresponding to a part of the first li...