ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. RE50,466, issued on June 24, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display device and mobile information terminal including the same" was invented by Guensik Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Kyoseop Choo (Paju-si, South Korea), Manhyeop Han (Paju-si, South Korea) and Junghoon Lee (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device and a mobile information terminal including the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel on which a fingerprint is touched, and a fingerprint sensor coupled to the display panel configured to sense light reflected from the fingerprint on a display area of th...