ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,644, issued on June 16, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Myong Soo Oh (Asan-si, South Korea), Hee Jong Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Chul Jin (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The display device comprises a first base portion including display and non-display areas and a pad area, and a printed circuit film attached to the pad area of the first base portion, wherein pad electrodes on the first base portion and a first panel alignment mark on one side of the plurality of pad electrodes are disposed in the pad area, a first protective layer is...