ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,283, issued on March 11, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Kazuyoshi Omata (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Kimura (Tokyo), Makoto Shibusawa (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Tabatake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor layers, a first insulation film, a first conductive layer, a second insulation film and a display element includes a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are opposed to each other to form a capacitance unit."

The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2024, under Application N...