ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,948, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display panel" was invented by Jaehoon Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jongchan Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display panel comprising a substrate including an opening area, a display area surrounding at least a portion of the opening area, and a middle area disposed between the opening area and the display area, and having a first width in a first direction and a second width in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, wherein the first width is equal to or less than the second wid...