ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,833, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Kazuki Ichihara (Tokyo), Naoyuki Asano (Tokyo) and Motoki Tsuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display panel that includes a first light-transmitting substrate, a second light-transmitting substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second light-transmitting substrates, and has an active region capable of displaying images and peripheral regions outside the active region; a glass base member bonded to the display panel; and a light source disposed so that li...