Patent ID: 8879596

Claim:
A method of producing a plurality of semiconductor bodies comprising: a) providing a carrier having a multiplicity of component regions separated from one another by separating lines; b) depositing a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region that generates radiation; c) forming a plurality of ridge-shaped regions from the semiconductor layer sequence such that a first ridge-shaped region and a second ridge-shaped region are formed alongside one another between two adjacent separating lines in a direction running perpendicular to the separating lines, wherein at least one of the ridge-shaped regions is arranged closer to a central line running between the adjacent separating lines than to the separating line situated closest to said ridge-shaped region; d) forming a contact layer for external electrical contacting of the active region on the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein a marking is formed by the contact layer on the basis or which the semiconductor body having the first ridge-shaped region and the semiconductor body having, the second ridge-shaped region are optically distinguishable from one another; and (e) singulating the semiconductor layer sequence into a plurality of semiconductor bodies each having at least one ridge-shaped region.