ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,245, issued on April 15, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, Japan), Hitoshi Kunitake (Isehara, Japan), Koji Kusunoki (Isehara, Japan), Yoshiaki Oikawa (Atsugi, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device with a novel structure is provided. The display device includes a first substrate provided with a plurality of pixels including a display element, and a second substrate including a first conductive layer provided with a plurality of first openings. The first conductive layer has a function o...