ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,849, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"LED filament for illumination and 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: "A light emitting diode, LED, filament (100) comprising an array of a plurality of light emitting diodes (110), LEDs, circuitry (120) coupled to the plurality of LEDs, a carrier (130) arranged to support the plurality of LEDs, an encapsulant (140) comprising a translucent material and a luminescent material configured to at least partially convert the LED light into ...