ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,477, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by HyunJong Noh (Paju-si, South Korea), Suhyun Park (Paju-si, South Korea), Jinhyung Jung (Paju-si, South Korea) and MinHyung Kim (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel areas and an optical film disposed on a light output surface of the display panel. Each of the plurality of pixel areas includes an opening portion and a circuit portion surrounding the opening portion, the optical film includes a transmittance adjustment member, and the tr...