ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,763, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Quantum dots, display apparatus including the same, and method for manufacturing the display apparatus" was invented by Joona Bang (Paju-si, South Korea), Ki Seok Chang (Paju-si, South Korea), Jeong Min Moon (Paju-si, South Korea), Soon Shin Jung (Paju-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Choi (Paju-si, South Korea), Hyung Jong Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and Jae Wan Ko (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The quantum dot comprises a ligand which is a copolymer comprising ...