ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,365, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Kikyung Youk (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hanbum Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Cholong Won (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a substrate and pad terminals arranged on the substrate in a first direction in a pad area and including a first pad terminal disposed at outer side and an ith pad terminal disposed at inner side. Each of the pad terminals includes a lower conductive layer, convex portions, and an upper conductive layer. An overlapping area between the ...