ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,794, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Hanbum Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Cholong Won (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngmin Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sun Oh Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate, a pixel disposed on the substrate, a signal line including a line part electrically connected to the pixel and a pad part extending from an end of the line part and having a width greater than a width of the line part, a signal pad disposed on the pad part, and protruding portions disposed b...