ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,477, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS Ltd. (Dublin).

"Display device having seal member without a plug extending around a periphery of a pixel region" was invented by Yoichi Momose (Matsumoto, Japan) and Satoshi Hasegawa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer insi...