ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,392, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Soohye Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hongjo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eunggyu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Beohmrock Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display element disposed over a substrate, a light blocking layer disposed over the display element, the light blocking layer including an opening corresponding to the display element, a first high-refraction layer disposed in the opening of the light blocking layer, a first low-refraction layer ...