ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,478, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Seung Kyu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yong Sik Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels, a pad area having a plurality of pads, and a non-display area including a fan-out area between the display area and the pad area; at least one first fan-out line in the fan-out area; at least one second fan-out line in the fan-out area and electrically disconnected from the fi...