ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,420, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light-emitting device and display apparatus" was invented by Jyo Moriyama (Nagasaki, Japan) and Hiroyuki Kashihara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an insulating layer having a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to each other; multiple columnar structures each including a columnar crystalline structure of a first electrically-conductive type erected in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the insulating layer, and an activ...