ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,168, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Manabu Niboshi (Sakai, Japan), Tokiyoshi Umeda (Sakai, Japan) and Yuto Tsukamoto (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a light-emitting element layer including light-emitting elements in a plurality of kinds each emitting a light in a different color. A first electrode of the light-emitting elements includes a plurality of reflective layers including one RM and one TE stacked on the RM. The plurality of the reflective layers are stacked so that the RM and the TE are alternatively arranged in the stated o...