US Patent Issued to Samsung Display on July 7 for "Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,534, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Shinhyuk Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeehoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghan Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junki Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area, and a peripheral area outside the display area; a display element at the display area; and a pad at the peripheral area, the pad including: a first metal layer; a second metal layer on the first metal layer; a first metal oxid...