ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,600, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Method for producing light-emitting element, and light-emitting element" was invented by Takahiro Adachi (Sakai, Japan) and Jun Sakuma (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element includes forming a first light-emitting layer by applying a first quantum dot solution containing first quantum dots, forming a first resist layer by applying a first photosensitive resin composition onto the first light-emitting layer, exposing the first resist layer to light in a predetermined pattern, and performing a pattern formation ...