ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,920, issued on July 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including cover layer overlapping back gate electrode" was invented by Sung Won Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Wook Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Su Min Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area, a non-display area, and an open area between the display area and the non-display area. The display device includes a substrate; a transistor on the substrate, a back gate electrode, wherein at least a portion of the back gate electrode overlaps the transistor and at least...