ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,577, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Hyun Ju Lee (Asan-si, South Korea), Kyeom Ryong Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Young Gil Park (Asan-si, South Korea), Na Ri Ahn (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Soo Im Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a first substrate having, defined thereon, an active region and a nonactive region around the active region; an active element layer on a first surface of the first substrate and in the active region; a second substrate facing the first surface of the first subs...