ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,299, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Tyntek Corp. (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

"Light-emitting diode and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Yuan-Hui Fu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Yi-Hung Chen (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Tai-Hsiang Hu (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting diode (LED) and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The LED includes: a substrate, a light-tight reflective layer, an inner epitaxial layer, an outer epitaxial layer, a non-conducting layer, an ohmic metallic body, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The inner epitaxial layer and the outer epitaxial layer are ...