ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,986, issued on July 14, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Takayuki Ikeda (Atsugi, Japan), Yuichi Yanagisawa (Atsugi, Japan) and Yasumasa Yamane (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device that has high display quality is provided. A highly reliable display device is provided. A display device with low power consumption is provided and a display device that can easily achieve a higher resolution is provided. A display device with both high display quality and a high resolution is provided. A display device with high contrast is provided. The di...