ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,839, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Jaesik Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yongdoo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyemoon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Changho Hyun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a display area and a non-display area at least partially surrounding the display area, and a groove that overlaps the non-display area and is recessed in a thickness direction, pixels located on the first substrate and overlapping the display area, a driving chip located...