ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,492, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS Corp. (Sakai, Japan).

"Organic electroluminescent device including thin film encapsulation structure and method for producing same" was invented by Katsuhiko Kishimoto (Sakai, Japan) and Yozo Narutaki (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic EL device has a substrate, a drive circuit layer, a first inorganic protective layer, an organic planarizing layer, an organic EL element layer, and a TFE structure including a first inorganic barrier layer. When viewed from a normal line of the substrate, the organic planarizing layer is formed within a region where th...