ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,893, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Magnolia White Corp. (Tokyo).

"Detection device with coupling portion for photodiodes" was invented by Keiji Tago (Tokyo), Tetsuya Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Kenichi Akiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a detection element formed on a substrate; a photodiode provided in the detection element; partial photodiodes included in the photodiode; an organic protective film covering the partial photodiodes; lenses provided so as to overlap the partial photodiodes; a first light-blocking layer between the organic protective films and the lenses and...