ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,335, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display device with improved encapsulation efficiency of pad portion" was invented by Minjoo Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Joohwan Shin (Goyang-si, South Korea) and Jin-Hoo Kim (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a first substrate having a thin-film transistor; a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate; a dam disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed on an edge area of the first substrate; and a gap-maintaining film disposed between the first substrate and the secon...