ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,802, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Yoshiyuki Kurokawa (Sagamihara, Japan), Masashi Fujita (Fuchu, Japan) and Kazuaki Ohshima (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel semiconductor is provided. The semiconductor includes a first component, a second component, and an instruction portion. The first component includes a first memory circuit having a function of storing first setting information in a state where power is supplied, and a second memory circuit having a function of storing the first setting information in a stat...