ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,338, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Organic light-emitting display apparatus" was invented by Sunho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Juchan Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sunhee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gunhee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Taehoon Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an organic light-emitting display apparatus in which a dead space may be reduced. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first display area, a second display area disposed outside of the first display area, and a third d...