ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,992, issued on April 29, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus and light absorber included in display apparatus" was invented by Sanghyun Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jongwoo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eunjae Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongjun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonmin Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Kook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eung Seok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Yongchan Ju (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yisu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Byoungduk Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Seokhwan Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display...