ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,041, issued on May 6, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Light emitting element having a semiconductor main body core with a first end inclined and second end width smaller than the core" was invented by Myeong Hee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Je Won Yoo (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting element extending in one direction includes: a semiconductor core including a main body extending in the one direction, a first end connected to one side of the main body and having an inclined side surface, and a second end connected to an other side of the main body and hav...