ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,972, issued on July 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Guanghai Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yongseog 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 display area and a peripheral area; a pad portion on one side of the peripheral area; a first connection group including a plurality of first connection lines extending from the pad portion to the display area; a second connection group including a plurality of second connection lines extending from the pad portion to the display area, wherein the ...