ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,616, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Display device and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Tadayoshi Miyamoto (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first TFT includes a first semiconductor layer formed of polysilicon, a gate insulating film provided on the first semiconductor layer, a third semiconductor layer provided on the gate insulating film, and a first gate electrode provided on the third semiconductor layer, and a second TFT includes a second semiconductor layer formed of an oxide semiconductor, a first metal layer and a second metal layer formed on a third condu...