ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,303, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Maeum Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyongjun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate in the non-display area and including an opening pattern and a light blocking member disposed in the non-display area on the conductive pattern and including an opening disposed in an area overlapping the opening pattern, wherein the opening patte...