ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,795, issued on July 22, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof, projector, and display" was invented by Kentaro Takayanagi (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a substrate, a laminated structure that is provided at the substrate and that includes a plurality of column portions, and an insulating layer covering the plurality of column portions. The plurality of column portions include a plurality of first column portions and a plurality of second column portions. The plurality of first column portions are part of the plurality of colum...