ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,733, issued on March 17, was assigned to XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).

"Thin-film transistor device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Kazushige Takechi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Genshiro Kawachi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin-film transistor device is disclosed. A first semiconductor layer includes a first channel region and first source/drain regions sandwiching the first channel region. A second semiconductor layer includes a second channel region and second source/drain regions sandwiching the second channel region. A metal contact region is located in a hole ex...