ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,720, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Kyoung Won Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eun Hye Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeon Hong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eun Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sun Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a light blocking layer positioned on a substrate and including a first portion and a second portion having a thickness greater than a thickness of the first portion; a buffer layer positioned above the light blocking layer; a s...