ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,511, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Force sensor and display device including the same" was invented by Kwang Hyun Baek (Asan-si, South Korea), Ji Hun Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chang Min Park (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Jeong An Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel; a metal plate and a filling member disposed on a same layer on a bottom surface of the display panel and that include different materials; a fingerprint sensor disposed on a bottom surface of the filling member and that overlaps the filling ...