ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,448, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Jin Ho Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Myoung-Ho Kwon (Busan, South Korea), Ho Seok Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Bo Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a first display area including a first pixel area; a second display area including a second pixel area and a transmissive area; a signal line, a common electrode, and a touch electrode that are disposed in the second display area. The common electrode includes an opening overlapping the transmissive area, and the ...