ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,731, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having back-light unit and liquid crystal panel" was invented by Jae Yeong Choi (Daegu, South Korea), Joon Ho Lee (Daegu, South Korea) and Dae Yun Im (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel disposed on a back-light unit; and a viewing angle control unit disposed between the back-light unit and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the viewing angle control unit includes light-blocking patterns having a light-blocking material and variable patterns disposed between a first co...