ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,621, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Dong Hee Shin (Asan-si, South Korea), Sun Kwun Son (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Na Hyeon Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate, data lines on the substrate, and extending in a first direction, first gate lines at a same layer as the data lines, and extending in the first direction, second gate lines on the first gate lines, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and cover patterns on the second gate lines, floated, and covering ...