US Patent Issued to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors on May 6 for "Quantum dot structure, method for producing a quantum dot structure, and light emitting device" (Oregon, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,661, issued on May 6, was assigned to OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Quantum dot structure, method for producing a quantum dot structure, and light emitting device" was invented by Peter Chen (New Haven, Conn.), Brian Theobald (Gladstone, Ore.) and Joseph Treadway (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum dot structure is provided, the quantum dot structure comprising: a nanocrystalline core from a first semiconductor material, a nanocrystalline shell from a second semiconductor material on the nanocrystalline core, at least one encapsulation layer on the nanocrystalline shell, wherein functiona...