US Patent Issued to SATURN LICENSING on Oct. 21 for "Illumination unit and display apparatus" (Japanese, Malaysian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,694, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC (New York).

"Illumination unit and display apparatus" was invented by Hiroaki Matsui (Tokyo) and Takashi Ikuta (Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission...