ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,181, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Woongsik Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sikwang Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghwan Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jin-Su Byun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Juhyun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a light-emitting element, an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element, an etch protection layer on the encapsulation layer, a first light-blocking pattern protruding from an upper surface of the etch protection layer...