ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,059, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Touch display apparatus" was invented by Dong Il Chu (Paju-si, South Korea), Jae Won Lee (Paju-si, South Korea) and Tae Gyu Lee (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch display apparatus is provided. The touch display apparatus may include a touch sensor on an encapsulating layer that covers light-emitting devices. The touch sensor may include first touch electrodes connected in a first direction by first bridge electrodes, and second touch electrodes connected by second bridge electrodes in a second direction that is different from ...