ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,787, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Daesoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Daewon Choi (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Yunjong Yeo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area, a pixel circuit area adjacent to the display area, and a functional module area between the display area and the pixel circuit area. An inorganic insulating layer is in the display area. A light phase compensation layer is in the functional module area and includes a same material as the inorganic insulating layer. A signal lin...