ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,499, issued on June 17, was assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Apparatus comprising a carrier with optoelectronic elements and method for manufacturing the apparatus" was invented by Ludwig Hofbauer (Regenstauf, Germany), Armin Wetterer (Regensburg, Germany), Michael Wittmann (Alteglofsheim, Germany), Hanna Schulz (Regensburg, Germany), Sebastian Wittmann (Regenstauf, Germany), Andreas Dobner (Wenzenbach, Germany), Ulrich Frei (Regensburg, Germany) and Matthias Goldbach (Pentling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optoelectronic apparatus comprises a transparent first cover, at least two carrie...