ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,580, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Hee Soon Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a plurality of first pixels disposed in a first pixel area, each of the plurality of first pixels including a plurality of first sub-pixel groups; a plurality of second pixels disposed in a second pixel area surrounded by the first pixel area, each of the plurality of second pixels including a plurality of second sub-pixel groups; and a plurality of dummy pixels disposed at edge portions of the second pixel area. A p...