ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,968, issued on May 13, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"LED filament for emitting directional light" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, 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 (A, B) and comprising an elongated carrier (2) comprising a first elongated edge portion (3) and a second elongated edge portion (3') arranged at a distance (W1) from the first elongated edge portion (3), a first surface (4), a second surface (4') arranged opposite to the first surface (4), the first and the ...