Patent ID: 8530250

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a light emitting device, the method comprising: providing a lead frame comprising at least one notch; plating the lead frame; after plating the lead frame, providing an upper mold on a first surface of the plated lead frame and a lower mold on a second surface of the plated lead frame, and transfer-molding a thermosetting resin containing a light reflecting material in a space between the upper mold and the lower mold to form a resin-molded body; and cutting the resin-molded body and the plated lead frame along the at least one notch to form a resin package, the resin package comprising a resin part and at least one lead, and the cutting step being performed such that an outer surface of the resin part and an outer surface of the at least one lead are planar at an outer side surface of the resin package, wherein the plated lead frame is cut so as to form an unplated outer side surface on the lead.