ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,336, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to E Ink Holdings Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Front light module and electrophoretic display device" was invented by Chih Cheng Ko (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Yun-Nan Hsieh (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front light module including a light guide plate, a light source, a protective cover plate, an appearance color layer, and a functional layer is provided. The light guide plate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light incident surface connecting the first surface to the second surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surfac...