ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,171, issued on May 6, was assigned to AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) Co. LTD. (Kunshan, China).

"Display device" was invented by Pang-Ho Jai (Suzhou, China), Hung-Che Cheng (Suzhou, China) and Wen-Chieh Chou (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a display device, comprising: a first substrate having a peripheral region and a display region, a plurality of pixel units disposed in the display region; a second metal layer electrically connected to the plurality of pixel units; a first planarization layer including a plurality of bump pad groups and a plurality of opening regions; a third metal layer having a posit...