ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,176, issued on June 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for manufacturing display device, mask assembly, and method of manufacturing the display device" was invented by Jeongkuk Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hwi Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngmin Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Areum Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for manufacturing a display device including a mask assembly including a mask frame and a mask sheet, the mask frame including an opening area and the mask sheet covering the opening area, wherein the mask sheet includes a body fixed ...