ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,068, issued on May 27, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device including light-transmissive member and lens member" was invented by Kazuma Kozuru (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes: a base member; at least one semiconductor laser element disposed on the base member; a light-transmissive member including: an upper surface, a lower surface, and a light-transmissive region through which laser light emitted from the at least one semiconductor laser element is transmitted from the lower surface to the upper surface; and a lens member through which the laser light em...