ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,563, issued on April 8, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Touch display device including spacers" was invented by JaeGyun Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), JiHyun Jung (Paju-si, South Korea), SuChang An (Paju-si, South Korea), DeukSu Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Ruda Rhe (Paju-si, South Korea) and Hyangmyoung Gwon (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch display device is disclosed. The touch display device includes a touch electrode and a touch routing line that are disposed on an area that is different from an area where a spacer is disposed. Thus, a touch sensing function can be provided in th...