ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,850, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting module with spacer" was invented by Kensuke Yamaoka (Tokushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting module includes a first wiring board, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on or above the first wiring board, a first light-transmissive layer covering the plurality of light-emitting elements, a spacer disposed on or above the first light-transmissive layer, and a second light-transmissive layer disposed on or above the spacer. An air layer is present between the first light-transmissive layer and the second light-transm...