ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,211, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Backlight unit and display device including backlight unit" was invented by Sewon Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Eunseok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device including a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel; a plurality of light sources between the display panel and the frame, the light sources providing light for the display panel; a plurality of lenses respectively mounted on the plurality of light sources; and a reflecting sheet between the display panel and the frame. In addition, the reflecting sheet ...