ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,164, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Ryosuke Gunji (Sakai, Japan), Shinsuke Saida (Sakai, Japan), Shinji Ichikawa (Sakai, Japan), Tohru Okabe (Sakai, Japan), Akira Inoue (Yonago, Japan), Yoshihiro Nakada (Yonago, Japan) and Hiroharu Jinmura (Yonago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Contact holes related to routed wires electrically connected to data signal lines running through the corner portions of a display region are larger in number than contact holes related to routed wires electrically connected to data signal lines running through the center portion of the d...