ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,402, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to InnoCare Optoelectronics Corp. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Detection device" was invented by Sheng-I Chen (Tainan, Taiwan) and Hsin-Hung Lin (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device, including a substrate, a switch element, a photosensitive element, and a planarization layer, is provided. The switch element is disposed on the substrate. The photosensitive element includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, and a first semiconductor disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode. The planarization layer is disposed between the bottom electrode and the switch elem...