ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,550, issued on April 29, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"LED filament for disinfection" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands) and Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a light-emitting diode (LED) filament (1) configured to provide LED filament light and comprising an elongated carrier (2) comprising a first surface (3) and a second surface (3') arranged opposite to the first surface (3). The LED filament (1) further comprises a plurality of first light-emitting diodes (4). LEDs, distributed along the first surface...