ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,350, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light emitting device" was invented by Masakatsu Tomonari (Anan, Japan) and Masahiko Sano (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device including a first light emitting element and an optical member disposed over the first light emitting element. The optical member includes a light transmissive member and a ceramic component. The light transmissive member has a first upper surface, a second upper surface, and a lower surface opposing to the first upper surface and a second upper surface. The ceramic component is disposed on the second upper sur...