US Patent Issued to NICHIA on May 20 for "Light-transmissive member and method of manufacturing the same, optical member, and light emitting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,154, issued on May 20, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-transmissive member and method of manufacturing the same, optical member, and light emitting device" was invented by Toshiaki Yamashita (Komatsushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-transmissive member includes: a light transmitting portion having an emission surface from which light is emitted; and a metal region on the emission surface, wherein the metal region comprises either (i) a metal film having a thickness in a range of 1 nm to 10 nm, or (ii) dispersed metal particles each having a maximum length in a direction perpendicular to the emissi...