ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,640, issued on May 6, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Display device" was invented by Tomokazu Ishikawa (Tokyo), Yuki Kuramoto (Tokyo), Haruki Yamada (Tokyo) and Katsuhiro Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a display panel and a polarizing plate. The display panel comprises a display area, a non-display area surrounding the display area, and a light-shielding layer arranged in the display area and the non-display area. The polarizing plate is provided on a surface of the display panel, and including an end portion located in the non-display area. In this dis...