ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,673, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Youngji Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongjo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seonggeun Won (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Soyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate defining a first through-hole of a first hole region; and a panel layer on the substrate, and defining a second through-hole that surrounds the first hole region in a plan view, the panel layer including: a base layer defining a groove surrounding a second hole region in a plan view, the se...