ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,720, issued on March 3, was assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS Co. LTD. (Ansan-si, South Korea).

"Light emitting diode and display apparatus having the same" was invented by Se Hee Oh (Ansan-si, South Korea), Sang Won Woo (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Wan Tae Lim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting diode is provided to include a substrate; a light emitting structure disposed on the substrate, and including first and second semiconductor layers; a transparent electrode in ohmic contact with the second semiconductor layer; a contact electrode disposed on the first semiconductor layer; a current spreader disposed ...