ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,435, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display device with conductive film configured as touch sensor and common electrode located below the pixel electrode" was invented by Hajime Kimura (Atsugi, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel input device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A novel input/output device that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. A semiconductor device is provided. The present inventors have reached an idea of a structure including a plurality of conductive films configured to be capa...