ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,640, issued on April 14, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display panel, data processing device, and manufacturing method of the display panel" was invented by Shinya Sasagawa (Chigasaki, Japan), Ryota Hodo (Atsugi, Japan), Yoshikazu Hiura (Atsugi, Japan) and Takahiro Fujie (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel display panel that is highly convenient, useful, or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, a partition, a first protective layer, and a second protective layer. The first light-emitting device in...