ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,321, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu City, China).

"Pixel structure" was invented by Kuan-Lin Chiu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Han-Chung Lai (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Cheng-Han Chung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yu-Cheng Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pixel structure includes conductive patterns, a first insulating layer, bonding pads, and light emitting elements. The first insulating layer has contacts overlapping the conductive patterns respectively. The bonding pads are disposed on the first insulating layer and are electrically connected to the conductive patterns through the contact of the first insulatin...