ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,648, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Pad printing device and window printing method using the same" was invented by Kyoungin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyongbin Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pad printing device includes: a jig body having a jig recess in an upper surface thereof; a pad on the jig body; and a plurality of guide pins on side portions of the jig body. The jig recess is configured to accommodate a window, and the guide pins are configured to reciprocate toward the jig recess."

The patent was f...