ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,777, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China) and BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Backlight module, display apparatus, and touch display apparatus" was invented by Xiaoli Liu (Beijing), Tianma Li (Beijing), Liang Li (Beijing), Dake Wang (Beijing) and Yuangang Zhu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A backlight module includes a backplane, a light source, an optical film set and a middle frame. The backplane includes an inner bottom frame and inner side frames that constitute a first accommodation space. The inner bottom frame includes side surfaces. The inner si...