ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,047, issued on April 1, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Sadafumi Hirai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The display device includes a substrate, a transistor, a leveling film, a display element, a partition wall, and at least one dam. The substrate has a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The transistor is located over the display region. The leveling film is located over the display region and covers the transistor. The display element is located over the leveling film and includes a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor. The par...