ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,442, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Light-emitting apparatus, display apparatus, imaging apparatus, and electronic equipment" was invented by Norifumi Kajimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Koji Ishizuya (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yojiro Matsuda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting apparatus including: a first lower electrode; a second lower electrode; a functional layer covering the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode; and an upper electrode on the functional layer, the light-emitting apparatus further including a third lower electrode between the first lower electrode and the se...