ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,623, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Laser annealing apparatus and laser annealing method using the same" was invented by Jin Hong Jeun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Akifumi Sangu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jekil Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Cheolho Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonghun Woo (Seoul, South Korea), Haesook Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Youngsu Chae (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser annealing apparatus includes a plurality of lasers, a laser controller that controls the plurality of lasers such that a plurality of laser beams generat...