ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,844, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"LED filament with heat sink" 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 (110), configured to emit LED filament light, comprising an array of a plurality of light emitting diodes (120), LEDs, configured to emit LED light, a carrier (130) arranged to support the plurality of LEDs, at least one heat sink (140) arranged in thermal connection with the carrier for a dissipation of heat from the plurality of LEDs during operat...