ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,015, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and DGT Corp. (Goyang-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus and home appliance having same" was invented by Jinhan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyonghyong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongil Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dukho Do (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junsik Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Kieok Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home appliance including a display apparatus configured to project an image. The display apparatus includes an i...