ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,245, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LAPIS Technology Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Output buffer circuit, charge pump device, display drive device, and display device" was invented by Hiroshi Tsuchi (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An output buffer circuit includes: a first transistor supplying a first power supply voltage to a first node upon turning on in response to an input signal; a second transistor supplying a second power supply voltage to a second node upon turning on in response to the input signal; a third transistor connecting between the first and second nodes upon turning on in response to a reverse ph...