ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,419, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Display device and method of providing the same" was invented by Sangduk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Misun Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kikyung Youk (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung-Yeon Chae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area which is adjacent to the display area, a display part in the display area, on the substrate, a protective layer under the substrate and defining a first opening overlapping the pad area, a rigid support member fil...