ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,988, issued on June 17, was assigned to Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Driving circuit, driving method, and display terminal" was invented by Wenfang Li (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving circuit, a driving method, and a display terminal are disclosed. A first output voltage is compared with a first starting voltage in a starting circuit in a first starting stage. If the first starting voltage is greater than the first output voltage, indicating that there is a risk of damaging a driving chip, a control unit turns off a control element to lower the first starting voltage ...