ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,520, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method of preparing quantum dots, quantum dot prepared by the method of preparing quantum dot, optical member including the quantum dot, and electronic apparatus including the quantum dot" was invented by Sooho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sungwoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jaehoon Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeongho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a method of preparing quantum dots, a quantum dot prepared by the ...