ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,527, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having irreversible discoloration material layer" was invented by Sena Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Minsung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a substrate including a component area and a display area, a display layer, and a first coating layer facing the display layer with the substrate therebetween, the first coating layer including an irreversible discoloration material having an initial color, a first colorless area corresponding to the component area and a first ...