ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,464, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for and method for aligning dipoles and method of fabricating display device" was invented by Won Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Buem Joon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong Hyuk Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun Deok Im (Seoul, South Korea) and Chung Sic Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for aligning dipoles is provided. The apparatus includes: an electric field forming unit including a stage and a probe unit, the probe unit being configured to form an electric field on the stage; an inkjet...