ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,747, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method for light-emitting device" was invented by Je Won Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Gyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Min Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes providing light emitting patterns on a substrate, providing a soft material layer between the light emitting patterns, deforming the soft material layer, and separating the light emitting patterns from the substrate."

The patent was filed on Sept. ...