ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,251, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Jong Hwan Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ki Nyeng Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jong Hwan Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area, a non-display area, a pixel circuit including a thin film transistor, a gate driver in the non-display area for supplying a gate signal to the pixel circuit, a via layer above the pixel circuit and the gate driver, first and second electrodes above the via layer in the display area, and extending substantially in paralle...