ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,359, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Dong-Chul Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yong Seok Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minhee Son (Yongin-si, South Korea), Saet Byeol Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gyujeong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Bekhyun Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate on which a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area adjacent to the light emitting area are defined, a plurality of light control patterns disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other,...