ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,440, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Semiconductor light emitting device and light emitting device assembly including the same" was invented by Sungwook Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sumin Hwangbo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Yujung Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Jungwook Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Minwook Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a semiconductor light emitting device including a base layer, a light emitting structure including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity, an active laye...