ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,951, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Light-emitting apparatus, electronic equipment, display apparatus, and lighting device" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo) and Satoshi Seo (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting apparatus can be provided at low cost. The light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of partitions formed over an insulating surface and extending in a first direction, a plurality of pixel electrodes each having an island shape formed over the insulating surface, an EL layer formed over the pixel electrodes, and a second el...