ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,933, issued on May 26, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).
"Touch panel and method for manufacturing touch panel" was invented by Daiki Nakamura (Atsugi, Japan) and Masataka Ikeda (Shinjuku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch panel capable of performing display and sensing along a curved surface or a touch panel that maintains high detection sensitivity even when it is curved along a curved surface is provided. A flexible display panel is placed along a curved portion included in a surface of a support. A first film layer is attached along a surface of the display panel by a bonding laye...