ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,042, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Optoelectronic semiconductor component" was invented by Korbinian Perzlmaier (Regensburg, Germany) and Tobias Meyer (Kelheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic semiconductor component may include a semiconductor body having a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type, as well as a first surface and a second surface different from the first surface. The component may further include a first contact structure for electrically contacting the fi...