ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,470, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Thin-film transistor, thin-film transistor array substrate, and method for manufacturing thin-film transistor" was invented by Kyoung Won Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Eun Hye Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeon Hong Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Eun Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyung Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Hee Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Hyung Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thin-film transistor includes a light-shielding layer disposed on a substrate, an oxygen supply layer disposed on the light-shie...