ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,605, issued on March 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device, display apparatus, photoelectric conversion apparatus, electronic equipment, illumination apparatus, and moving object" was invented by Tetsuo Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Takayuki Ito (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroaki Sano (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yojiro Matsuda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including elements arranged on a substrate, each of the elements including an insulating layer, a first electrode, a functional layer, and a second electrode in mentioned order starting from a side closer to the substrate. The insulatin...