ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,523, issued on July 7, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing display apparatus" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan), Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, Japan) and Yasuhiro Niikura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a high-resolution display apparatus having a light sensing function is provided. The method for manufacturing a display apparatus includes: a first step of forming a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode; a second step of depositing a light-emitting and light-receiving film over the first pixel electrode and the second pixel...