ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,089, issued on March 31, was assigned to TPL Advanced Solutions Inc. (Xiamen, China).

"Front light module and display device" was invented by Sheng Fa Liu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Shun Long Lin (Xiamen City, China), Po Yu Hsiao (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Chin Hui Lee (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a front light module, which includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light source includes a linear light strip which includes a plurality of light-emitting diode elements. The light guide plate and the light source are disposed on a same plane. The light guide plate has two o...