US Patent Issued to Samsung Display on Oct. 20 for "Display apparatus having a pad protective layer disposed on a pad metal layer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,678, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus having a pad protective layer disposed on a pad metal layer" was invented by Shinhyuk Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghan Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yujin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeehoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junki Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a substrate, a display element, a transistor, and a pad. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area. The display element is disposed on the display area. The transistor ...