ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,376, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Eunae Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eunhye Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kiho Bang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Inhyuck Yeo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Wonsuk Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device including a substrate, a display portion on the substrate, and a thin-film encapsulation layer configured to shield the display portion and including an organic encapsulation layer, wherein the display portion includes a valley portion configured to control a flow of th...