ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,498, issued on March 18, was assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Storage device" was invented by Ronny Simon (Teublitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a storage device includes a base carrier extending along a main surface having a surface structuring, a carrier foil including a first main surface and a second main surface, wherein the first main surface is fixable to or arrangeable on the main surface of the base carrier, and wherein the components are fixable to the second main surface and a fixing frame fixing the carrier foil, which is fixed or positioned to the main surfac...