ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,525, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea) and INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Jinju-si, South Korea).

"Heterocyclic compound, light-emitting device including the same, and electronic apparatus including the light-emitting device" was invented by Hyunah Um (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yunhi Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soonki Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Heechoon Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jihyun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1, a light-emitting device i...