ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,222, issued on April 7, was assigned to MAGNOLIA WHITE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Illumination device and display device" was invented by Takashi Ota (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including a first edge and a second edge extending in a first direction, a third edge and a fourth edge extending in a second direction, a fifth edge provided between the first edge and the third edge, a sixth edge provided between the second edge and the third edge, and the fifth edge includes a first short edge extending in the first direction and a second short edge extending in the ...