ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,279, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Active matrix substrate and a liquid crystal display" was invented by Takahiro Mori (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift reg...