ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,759, issued on March 18, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Liquid crystal display device" was invented by Hajime Kimura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode o...