ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,955, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).
"Method of manufacturing display device and display device having a liquid-repellent bank for preventing coating liquid outflow" was invented by Takahiro Adachi (Sakai City, Japan) and Yasushi Asaoka (Sakai City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a display device includes: a liquid-repelling bank formation step of forming a liquid-repellent bank containing a liquid-repelling material that repels a coating liquid; a functional layer formation step of forming a functional layer in a region including an area surrounded by the liquid-repe...