US Patent Issued to NICHIA on June 17 for "Light-emitting element and light-emitting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,337, issued on June 17, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting element and light-emitting device" was invented by Hiroaki Kageyama (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting element includes: a semiconductor layered body including first and second semiconductor layers, the first semiconductor layer having a plurality of exposed portions exposed from the second semiconductor layer at locations inward of an outer periphery of the second semiconductor layer; an insulating film covering the semiconductor layered body and defining a first opening above the exposed portions and a second opening a...