US Patent Issued to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory on April 15 for "Photoelectric conversion device and optical functional device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,522, issued on April 15, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Photoelectric conversion device and optical functional device" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Kanagawa, Japan), Taisuke Kamada (Saitama, Japan), Yasuhiro Niikura (Tokyo), Ryo Hatsumi (Kanagawa, Japan), Akio Yamashita (Kanagawa, Japan), Sachiko Kawakami (Kanagawa, Japan), Anna Tada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a novel photoelectric conversion device that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable. The photoelectric conversion device includes a first electrode, a second elect...