ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,579, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and display device" was invented by Kenji Kimoto (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a light-emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an intervening layer between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer, the intervening layer containing an oxide. The first electrode includes: a first layer adjacent to the intervening layer, the first layer containing atoms of a first metal element; and a second layer c...