ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,159, issued on July 15, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Organic compound, light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, electronic device, and lighting device" was invented by Tomoka Hara (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideko Yoshizumi (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshiki Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Satoshi Seo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A benzofuropyrimidine derivative or a benzothienopyrimidine derivative, which is a novel organic compound, is provided. The organic compound is represented by General Formula (G1) below. In General Formula (G1), Q represents oxygen or sulfur. A represents any one...