ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,680, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device with a contact pattern and line having plurality of openings" was invented by Junyoung Min (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jun-Yong An (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junwon Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate defining a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first line disposed in the non-display area on the substrate, a first via insulating layer disposed on the first line and defining an opening positioned on at least a portion of the first line...