# Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Nichia Created the First Practical Blue LED Electrodes](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/5563422/blue-led-gallium-nitride) — granted 1996
  A foundational patent describing the specific metal contacts needed to make gallium nitride LEDs efficient and commercially viable.

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