ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,687, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Laser crystallization apparatus" was invented by Akifumi Sangu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Je Kil Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Cheol Ho Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hae Sook Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Hong Jeun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Young Su Chae (Asan-si, South Korea) and Gyoo Wan Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser crystallization apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light source unit irradiating a laser beam; and an optical unit to which the laser beam is incident, wherein the optica...