ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,480, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Display device and method of driving the same" was invented by Kwang-Min Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kiwook Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Wonkyu Kwak (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Do Yeon Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a transistor disposed on a substrate and including a first active pattern, a second active pattern electrically connected to the transistor, a first line disposed on the second active pattern, and a second line disposed under the second active pattern and partially overlapping...