ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,233, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device having a functional layer for improving display performance" was invented by Yang Qu (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device has a thin-film transistor layer, a light-emitting layer including a plurality of light-emitting elements each of which includes a first electrode, a functional layer, and a second electrode, and that emit mutually different colors of light. The functional layer contains a functional material that contributes to the function of the functional layer, and an additive added to the functional layer in a predeter...