ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,784, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device including a dam and having an outer via facing the display area" was invented by Hyung Bae Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Hyun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate. A thin-film transistor layer includes a transistor disposed on the substrate. A via layer is disposed on the transistor. A light-emitting element layer is disposed on the thin-film transistor layer. The light-emitting element layer Includes a pixel defining layer and a spacer disposed thereon. An enc...