ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,600, issued on April 22, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device comprising transistor, load, and wiring configured to supply power supply potential to the load" was invented by Hitoshi Kunitake (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazuki Tsuda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Malfunctions of a circuit is prevented and the reliability of a semiconductor device using the circuit is improved. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a load, and a wiring having a function of supplying a power supply potential to the load. A semiconductor layer of th...