ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,937, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China) and BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Pixel structures, fine metal masks, display apparatuses and control methods" was invented by Yan Huang (Beijing), Jianpeng Wu (Beijing), Qian Xu (Beijing), Guomeng Zhang (Beijing), Tong Niu (Beijing) and Jianbo Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a pixel structure, a fine metal mask, a display apparatus and a control method. The pixel structure includes: a plurality of first sub-pixel columns, where the first sub-pixel column includes a plurality of first sub-pixels...