ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,900, issued on April 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Deposition apparatus and deposition method using deposition apparatus" was invented by Jaemin Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoungwook Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seongcheol Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition apparatus and a deposition method by using the deposition apparatus are provided. The deposition apparatus includes a mask including deposition openings, a mask frame supporting the mask and including first, second, third, and fourth portions and an opening overlapping the deposition openings a...