ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,620, issued on July 28, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Kwang Soo Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Seul Ki Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Seung Rae Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Jae Hyun Lee (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Seung Ha Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device which comprises a substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the first insulating layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes an active pattern, a second insulating layer disposed on the semico...