ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,476, issued on June 16, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Daiki Nakamura (Atsugi, Japan), Sho Kato (Isehara, Japan), Kenichi Okazaki (Atsugi, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device with both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a light-emitting element and a connection portion. The connection portion is provided along an outer periphery of a display region where the light-emitting element is provided. The light-emitting element includes a pixel electrode, a first EL la...