ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,776, issued on June 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Kyung Ah Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jin Woo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes pixels including a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area; light emitting elements disposed in the light emitting area; and a bank disposed in the non-light emitting area. The bank includes an opening overlapping the light emitting area in a plan view; a first area spaced apart from the opening; and a second area surrounding the opening and the first area, and a thick...