ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,622, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method for detecting a defect thereof" was invented by Kwang Sae Lee (Asan-si, South Korea), Jung Hoon Shim (Asan-si, South Korea), Won Kyu Kwak (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Ki Myeong Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area. The display device includes a circuit having a comparator, and first and second sense wires disposed in the peripheral area and connected to the circuit. The comparator compares a first output signal o...