ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,660, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC (New York).

"Illumination device and display device" was invented by Hirohisa Ishino (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an illumination device that makes it possible to enhance utilization efficiency of light, and a display device that includes the illumination device. The illumination device includes: a light source that is configured to generate light of a first wavelength; a luminescent body that is configured to wavelength-convert the light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, the second wavelength being different from the fi...