ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,682, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Touch display device" was invented by Heonkwang Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jiyoon Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch display device with enhanced display quality at the boundary between the display area and the non-display area includes a substrate, a subpixel including a transistor positioned on the substrate and a light emitting element electrically connected with the transistor, an encapsulation layer positioned to cover the light emitting element, a touch sensor positioned on the encapsulation layer, a planarizatio...