ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,732, issued on April 21, was assigned to Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, N.J.).

"Organic electroluminescent materials and devices" was invented by Nicholas J. Thompson (New Hope, Pa.), Morgan C. MacInnis (Yardley, Pa.), Hsiao-Fan Chen (Lawrence Township, N.J.), Noah Horwitz (Mount Laurel, N.J.), Peter Wolohan (Princeton Junction, N.J.), Wystan Neil Palmer (Frenchtown, N.J.), Elena Sheina (Langhorne, Pa.) and Rasha Hamze (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are organometallic compounds that include a ligand LA ofthat are useful as emitters in OLEDs. Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compo...