ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,699, issued on April 8, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Contact structure and display device including the same" was invented by YounSub Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), JongSik Shim (Paju-si, South Korea), ByeongUk Gang (Paju-si, South Korea) and SeongHwan Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a data line transmitting a data voltage to each pixel, a power line supplying current to each pixel, wherein the data line and the power line are disposed on a substrate and extended along a first direction, a light shielding layer shielding a light emitting diode from light comin...