ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,625, issued on June 9, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Photo spacer and column spacer design for LCD display" was invented by Li Zhuang (Bellevue, Wash.) and Rungrot Kitsomboonloha (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid crystal display (LCD) of a near-eye display comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of photo spacers formed on the second substrate, a plurality of column spacers formed on the first substrate, and a liquid crystal material in regions between the first substrate and the second substrate. In some embodiments, each column spacer of the plural...