ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,497, issued on April 15, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having outer signal line adjacent to a side surface" was invented by Donghyun Lee (Asan-si, South Korea) and Seung-Soo Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a base layer comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area are defined; an outer line overlapping the non-display area, on the top surface, and a...