ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,199, issued on April 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light emitting device, manufacturing method therefor, and waveguide structure" was invented by Takehiro Asahi (Osaka, Japan), Naoya Ryoki (Osaka, Japan), Yukio Nishikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Yoshio Okayama (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes a light source and a waveguide structure. The light source emits light having a directionality. The waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide and an exterior part. The optical waveguide has an incident end surface and an emission end surface,...