ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,486, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JAPAN DISPLAY INC. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Shuichi Osawa (Tokyo), Yoshikatsu Imazeki (Tokyo), Yoichi Kamijo (Tokyo), Koichi Miyasaka (Tokyo) and Yoshifumi Kamei (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display device includes a liquid crystal panel and a color separation element substrate. The substrate includes a bonding area in a peripheral portion of a surface opposing the panel, and a color separation groove that serves as a color separation element is formed in an effective display area inside the bonding area. The panel includes a bonding area i...