ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,609, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thin film transistor and display device comprising the same" was invented by JuHeyuck Baeck (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate and multiple thin film transistors, each of which comprises an active layer having a channel portion, and a gate electrode that overlaps the channel portion of the active layer. The gate electrode includes a first part that at least partially overlaps the channel portion, and a second part having a thickness smaller than that of the first part, at least partially overlap...