ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,934, issued on May 20, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Circuit board with convex shaped post, light emitting device, and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Yosuke Noda (Tokushima, Japan), Masaaki Katsumata (Anan, Japan) and Masakazu Sakamoto (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes: providing a first board including a post portion, and a second board defining an opening portion extending through a base material, the base material including a circuit pattern disposed on a first surface and an adhesive member disposed on a side of a second surface; and...