ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,275, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Hiromichi Godo (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuki Tsuda (Kanagawa, Japan), Hidefumi Rikimaru (Tokyo) and Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus having a novel structure is provided. A plurality of display panels, a fixing member having a curved surface, and a housing storing the fixing member are included. The display panel includes a display portion including a pixel circuit, a non-display portion provided to surround the display portion, a gate driver circuit fo...