ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,869, issued on April 7, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Imaging device, display apparatus, and method for manufacturing display apparatus" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan) and Kazuya Sugimoto (Hadano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus with a high aperture ratio can be provided. A display apparatus with a personal authentication function can be provided. A display apparatus having high display quality can be provided. A highly reliable display apparatus can be provided. A display apparatus that can have a higher resolution can be provided. A display appara...