ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,054, issued on June 24, was assigned to Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Touch panel and display device" was invented by Akira Banjouya (Kanagawa, Japan), Hitoshi Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akira Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch panel includes a first substrate, a cover that is formed from glass and that is overlaid on the first substrate, and a first adhesive layer that adheres the first substrate to the cover. The first substrate includes a base that is formed from glass and that includes a detection region and a surrounding region surrounding the detection region, a plurality...