ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,437, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Yasushi Asaoka (Sakai, Japan), Tsuyoshi Kamada (Sakai, Japan) and Shigeru Aomori (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the disclosure, a first light-emitting layer coincides in plan view with each whole of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in a plurality of second sub-pixels, and with each whole of a plurality of pixel electrodes included in a plurality of third sub-pixels. The first light-emitting layer is shaped into a continuous form. A third light-emitting layer in plan view: has an opening...