ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,924, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same" was invented by Il Nam Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Kyung Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jae Kyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seung Hyun Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Dae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoung Wook Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kang Bin Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Go Eun Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a fingerprint sensor and a display device including the same. A fingerprint sensor includes a read-out line exten...