ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,362, issued on March 24, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having a first insulating layer including first portion and second portion" was invented by Seulki Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeeun Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Shoyeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seungrae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Donghyun Won (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a thin-film transistor including a semiconductor layer including a source region and a gate electrode overlappi...