ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,625, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd. (Chengdu, China) and BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Touch control structure and display apparatus with signal lines in double and single layer structures in sub-areas of the peripheral area" was invented by Yu Wang (Beijing), Erjin Zhao (Beijing), Yi Zhang (Beijing), Ping Wen (Beijing), Wei Wang (Beijing), Yang Zeng (Beijing), Yuanqi Zhang (Beijing), Lingran Wang (Beijing) and Jun Yan (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch control structure includes a plurality of touch signal lines in a peripheral area. A respective touch signal...