ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,776, issued on July 8, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device, method for manufacturing cap, and method for manufacturing light emitting device" was invented by Soichiro Miura (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a substrate, and a cap. The cap surrounds the light emitting element disposed on the substrate, and has a plurality of lateral portions including a first lateral portion having a first inner lateral surface through which the light emitted from a light emitting surface and traveling along an optical axis passes, and a second late...