ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,158, issued on May 13, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).

"Display device" was invented by Tetsuo Morita (Tokyo) and Yasuhiro Ogawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display region where pixels are arranged. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting element, a drive transistor, a first capacitance electrode layer opposed to the pixel electrode and held at a constant potential, and an insulating layer forming an auxiliary capacitance together with the pixel electrode and the first capacitance electrode layer. A value of the auxiliary capacitanc...