ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,433, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Sang Duk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun A Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Sun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun Ok Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ki Kyung Youk (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device comprises a display panel including a display area including pixels, and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a driving integrated circuit mounted on the pad area, wherein the pad area includes a stud pad area located at an edge of the pad area and including at least on...