ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,597, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including color light emitting portions surrounding transmission area" was invented by Woong Hee Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Bum Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Yeong Kim (Icheon-si, South Korea), Hyang A Park (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Hoon Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jong Chan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes light transmitting areas including a first light transmitting area and light emitting areas around the light transmitting areas and including a first light emit...