ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,587, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Light emitting element and organometallic compound for the same" was invented by Eunyoung Lee (Sejong-si, South Korea), Iljoon Kang (Icheon-si, South Korea), Soo-Byung Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungbum Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sujin Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Mina Jeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode on the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode is provided. The emission layer i...