ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,714, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama City, Japan).
"Liquid crystal display device" was invented by Shinichi Terashita (Kameyama City, Japan) and Kouichi Watanabe (Kameyama City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a liquid crystal display device with sufficiently reduced or prevented alignment defect generation and useful as an in-cell touch panel capable of providing display in the reflective mode. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a reflective layer reflecting light, first and second e...