ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,662, issued on May 27, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Osaka, Japan).
"Display device and method for inspecting display device" was invented by Junichi Yamada (Sakai, Japan) and Takehiko Kawamura (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a display device, the metal layer includes a plurality of openings, and electrode pads having an island shape overlap one or more of the plurality of openings via an insulating film including at least a flattening film."
The patent was filed on Oct. 25, 2019, under Application No. 17/768,407.
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