ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,379, issued on March 24, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Youngsoo Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunji Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dongeup Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yunkyeong In (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunji Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate including a main display area, main display elements being in the main display area; a component area, auxiliary display elements and a transmission area being in the component area; and a peripheral area outside the main display area; an initialization...