ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,347, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device, display device, imaging device, electronic device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Norihiko Nakata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having a pixel region in which a functional element is disposed, and a terminal region disposed at a position different from that of the pixel region; a connection terminal disposed in the terminal region; an anti-reflection film disposed closer to a light incidence side or light exit side than the functional element; and a protective film disposed, on...