US Patent Issued to NICHIA on June 24 for "Light emitting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,665, issued on June 24, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device" was invented by Toshiyuki Hirai (Komatsushima, Japan) and Gentaro Tanaka (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a light emitting device, including a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 380 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and a wavelength converting member including a ceramic composite including an inorganic fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 510 nm or more and 570 nm or less and an inorganic oxide, and a translucent thin film having a physical...