ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,626, issued on May 13, was assigned to Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. Ltd. (Guangdong, China).

"Liquid crystal alignment method comprising applying an alignment voltage to a first common electrode, liquid crystal display panel, and mobile terminal" was invented by Jinming Liu (Guangdong, China), Yoonsung Um (Guangdong, China), Juncheng Xiao (Guangdong, China), Ji Li (Guangdong, China), Yun Yu (Guangdong, China), Xiaojin He (Guangdong, China), Qi Zhang (Guangdong, China) and Chunxiao Hu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a liquid crystal alignmen...