ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,778, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jaebum Pahk (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donggyu Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Bongjin Baek (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of display elements disposed in the display area and including a pixel electrode, a common layer, a light-emitting layer, and an opposite electrode; and a pixel defining layer having an opening exposing a central portion of the pixe...