ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,521, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Touch display device" was invented by Jonghyun Han (Paju-si, South Korea) and YeonGyeong Bae (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a touch display device, as disposing a plurality of touch pads located on a plurality of lines alternatively and making a metal other than the touch pad not to expose to outside, the number of the touch pads being capable of disposing on a pad area can be increased and a reliability of the touch pad can be maintained. Furthermore, as disposing pad lines, ele...