ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,187, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Panel and electronic equipment" was invented by Takahiro Moriya (Kokubunji, Japan) and Hiroaki Hishiyama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel includes a coloring layer having light transmission characteristics relative to light from a light source, a first concealment layer provided on a rear surface side of the coloring layer, having light concealment characteristics relative to at least a part of light from the light source, and including an opening provided therein, and a second concealment layer provided on a rear surface side of the first c...