ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,139, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Touch sensor device and display device with a touch sensor" was invented by Naosuke Furutani (Tokyo), Hayato Kurasawa (Tokyo) and Makoto Hayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device with a touch sensor having a display function and a touch sensor function is provided. The display device includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode; a first electrode along a first direction; and a second substrate including a second electrode that includes patterns of electrodes along a second direction crossing the first direction and that faces the first...