ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,840, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for transferring light-emitting diodes" was invented by Ivan Huang (Pleasanton, Calif.), Massimo Martinelli (San Jose, Calif.) and Eric Strasilla (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for transferring light-emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a backing board for supporting a backplane, a sealing member formed on the backing board around a periphery of the backplane, a transparent panel formed on the sealing member such that a space is formed between the backing board and the transparent panel, and a ...