ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,045, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Sunhwa Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyeongseok Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Heejean Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Mukyung Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first island portion and a second island portion spaced apart from each other and a bridge portion connected between the first island portion and the second island portion, a gate driving circuit arranged in the first island portion, a plurality of first input lines arra...