ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,770, issued on March 18, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Liquid crystal display device having improved electrostatic discharge resistance" was invented by Yasuo Segawa (Kitagata-cho, Japan), Masaaki Aota (Ogaki, Japan), Tomohide Onogi (Anparhi-cho, Japan) and Hiroshi Matsuda (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and liquid crystal. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a peripheral circuit and a dummy wiring. The peripheral circuit and the dummy wiring are provided outside a pixel area in which the pixel electrodes are arranged...