ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,344, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Shin Hyuk Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Han Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jee Hoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung Gwon Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seung Sok Son (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Woo Geun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a data conductive layer including a first power line, a passivation layer with a first opening exposing the first power line, a via layer with a second opening partially overlapping ...