ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,362, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Light-emitting display apparatus with sensors" was invented by Daisuke Kubota (Atsugi, Japan), Ryo Hatsumi (Hadano, Japan) and Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus having both a personal authentication function and a high resolution is provided. The display apparatus includes a display portion and a sensor portion. The display portion includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first EL layer. The second light-emi...