ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,544, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Deposition apparatus" was invented by Junhyeuk Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Mingoo Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Euigyu Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jongbum Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sukha Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Min Yi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyunghoon Chung (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition apparatus includes a mask, a mask frame, a stage disposed on a rear surface of the mask frame, and first to third external force applying parts disposed on the stage. Each of the first portion and ...