ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,081, issued on July 15, was assigned to TIANJIN SANAN OPTOELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China).

"Light emitting device and method for producing the same" was invented by Yuehua Jia (Tianjin, China), Weifan Ke (Tianjin, China), Huanshao Kuo (Tianjin, China), Yu-Ren Peng (Tianjin, China) and Duxiang Wang (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a first type semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second type semiconductor layer disposed adjacent to the active layer and opposite the first type semiconductor layer, and including a current spreading layer that has a recess, an insulation layer filli...