ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,658, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having an auxiliary electrode" was invented by Dong Il Chu (Paju-si, South Korea), Min Joo Kim (Paju-si, South Korea), Young Kyun Moon (Paju-si, South Korea), Sang Hyuk Won (Paju-si, South Korea) and Seon Hee Lee (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus including an auxiliary electrode are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a contact area between pixel areas. The auxiliary electrode is within the contact area. A planarization layer covering the auxiliary electrode includes an inclined surface ove...