ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,988, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center of Advanced Display Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China).

"Display panel and display device" was invented by Feng Lu (Shanghai) and Quanpeng Yu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Display panel and display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display area having a light-transmitting area. The display panel further includes a display function layer including light-emitting elements; auxiliary structures on a side of the display function layer facing a display surface of the display panel; and the auxiliary structures configured around pixels ...