ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,473, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Kameyama, Japan).

"Liquid crystal display device" was invented by Takako Koide (Kameyama, Japan) and Takashi Satoh (Kameyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes pixels arranged in a matrix pattern. The pixels each include a reflective region in which display is provided in a reflective mode and a transmissive region in which display is provided ...