ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,525, issued on July 8, was assigned to Rohm Co. Ltd..

"Semiconductor integrated circuit for driving light emitting element, light emitting element driving device, light emitting device, and vehicle" was invented by Shinsuke Takagimoto (Kyoto, Japan), Akira Aoki (Kyoto, Japan) and Junichi Hagino (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor integrated circuit for driving a light emitting element forms at least part of a light emitting element driving device configured to change the number of light emitting elements that are lit among a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series. The semiconductor integrated...