ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,796, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Taegyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bon-Yong Koo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minkyu Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seon Young Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Mindo Heo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a support plate including first to third regions, and a display panel divided into first to third display regions overlapping the first to third regions, and including light emitting elements (LEs) and pixel circuits (PCs). The second display region includes a firs...