ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,017, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Compound and organic light emitting diode comprising same" was invented by Minjun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Woo Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Duk Suh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seoyeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device including the same, and the compound used as a material of an organic material layer of the organic light emitting device and providing enhanced efficiency, low driving voltage, and improved l...