ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,590, issued on April 29, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Colour conversion film, and back light unit and display device comprising same" was invented by Sung Yong Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Mok Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Nari Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hye Mi Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification relates to a color conversion film comprising a color conversion functional layer including a phase change material, and a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the color conversion film."

The patent was filed on Nov. 11, ...