ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,358, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Jongho Son (Yongin-si, South Korea), Daewon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sujeong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinhyeong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jiyoon Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display element layer including a plurality of emission areas each having a length in a direction, an encapsulation layer over the display element layer, and a light-shielding pattern layer over the encapsulation layer, and defining a plurality of holes respe...