ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,497, issued on March 24, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Method for evaluating lifespan of display panel and lifespan evaluation system for display panel" was invented by Hee-Kwang Song (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sang Joon Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for evaluating a lifespan of a display panel includes deteriorating a display panel including a first single color area, a second single color area, a third single color area, and a mixed color area, measuring first single color luminance retention rates of the first to third single color areas and a first mix...