ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,137, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display-device manufacturing method and display device" was invented by Yoshihiro Ueta (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a display device includes: a step of forming a first recess, in a planarization film, overlapping a first lower electrode; a step of forming a first lower functional layer in the first recess to have a thickness lower than a depth of the first recess; a step of disposing a first screen, which has an opening corresponding to the first recess, on the planarization film, and coating the first lower functional laye...