ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,803, issued on June 10, was assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Optoelectronic semiconductor component and arrangement" was invented by Matthias Hien (Kirchroth, Germany) and Matthias Goldbach (Pentling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a semiconductor body having a main emission surface and an active region arranged to emit electromagnetic radiation. The optoelectronic semiconductor component also includes a receiving element arranged on the side of the semiconductor body opposite to the main emission surface. The optoelectronic semiconductor com...