ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,661, issued on April 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Light-emitting element, method of aligning the same, and display device" was invented by Kang Young Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun Sup Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Moon Won Chang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting element includes a core including a first semiconductor layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first and second portions having side surfaces at different inclinations, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, and an emissive layer disposed...