ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,686, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Beijing BOE Display Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing) and Beijing BOE Technology Development Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Backlight module, display apparatus, anti-peep display apparatus and driving method therefor" was invented by Yongle Qi (Beijing), Rui Han (Beijing), Dong Cui (Beijing), Jie Yu (Beijing), Daekeun Yoon (Beijing), Qing Ma (Beijing), Zhipeng Zhang (Beijing), Weining Chi (Beijing), Shouyang Leng (Beijing), Wenyang Li (Beijing), Yue Zhai (Beijing), Fengping Wang (Beijing) and Yue Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module includes a light guide plate having a bottom surf...