ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,969, issued on July 1, was assigned to Innolux Corp. (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

"Electronic device comprising a plurality of micro lenses switchable between a privacy mode and a share mode" was invented by Hong-Sheng Hsieh (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Chia-Hsien Hsieh (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device, including a substrate, multiple light emitting elements, an optical switching unit, and multiple micro lenses, is provided. The light emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The optical switching unit is disposed on the light emitting elements. The micro lenses are disposed on the light emi...