ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,517, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display panel with a peripheral area including a pixel circuit, and display apparatus including the same" was invented by Joohee Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghwan Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junki Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel including a first area in which a first display element and a first pixel circuit are arranged, a second area in which a second display element is arranged, and a peripheral area in which a pixel circuit unit including a second pixe...