US Patent Issued to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory on March 18 for "Functional panel, display device, input/output device, and data processing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,591, issued on March 18, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Functional panel, display device, input/output device, and data processing device" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Kanagawa, Japan) and Taisuke Kamada (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel functional panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a first element and a second element. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first optical functional layer. The first optical functional layer includes a region interposed between the first electrode a...