ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,479, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Hyungjun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junyong An (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Nuree Um (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first region and a second region including an outer pixel area that overlaps an outer column spaced apart from the first region, a first outer pixel circuit, a second outer pixel circuit and an intermediate pixel circuit disposed in the outer pixel area, a first display element including a first outer display elemen...