ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,386, issued on July 29, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electro-optical device and electronic device" was invented by Shinsuke Fujikawa (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optical device includes a temperature detecting element and an electrostatic protection circuit configured to protect the temperature detecting element from a surge current. The electrostatic protection circuit includes a transistor electrically connected to the temperature detecting element in parallel, a first capacitance element electrically connected to the transistor, and a resistance element electrically connected to the first ...