ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,102, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Jean Mugiraneza (Sakai, Japan), Masashi Mayumi (Sakai, Japan) and Kosuke Nagata (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel, wherein the display panel has a light-emitting layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the touch panel has a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode that is driven by a driving signal for detecting a touch in response to a change in mutual capacitance between the first touch electrode and second touch electrode, and the display dev...