US Patent Issued to Sharp on July 14 for "Display device and method of manufacturing display device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,994, issued on July 14, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Display device and method of manufacturing display device" was invented by Takeshi Hirase (Sakai City, Japan) and Kaoru Abe (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a base member, a thin film transistor, an organic insulation film, a light-emitting layer, and a sealing layer. The display device has an active area and a non-active area. The non-active area includes a notched portion and a protrusion portion surrounding the notched portion and having, on a notched portion side, a side face including a reverse-tapered face. The li...