ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,710, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Chang Ho Yi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Min Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung Woo Ha (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tetsuhiro Tanaka (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seok Je Seong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a semiconductor layer on an opposite side to a light-blocking layer, the semiconductor layer including an active layer overlapping the light-blocking layer, a first gate insulator on an opposite side to a buffer film with the active layer therebetween, and a firs...