ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,764, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Compound and organic light emitting device comprising same" was invented by Moung Gon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Wanpyo Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Sujeong Geum (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dongheon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyung Seok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light emitting device including the same, and the compound providing improved efficiency and service life characteristics when the compound is applied to an organic material layer...