ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,591, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Woo Yong Sung (Seoul, South Korea), Seungyong Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ung-Soo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung-Yeon Chae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device including a transmissive area and a light emitting area surrounding the transmissive area includes a first substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the first substrate and including an inorganic material, a second substrate disposed on the barrier layer and including an opening overlapping the transmissive area, a li...