ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,482, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Reinforcing board and display apparatus having the same" was invented by Sangduk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Wonjin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sunok Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangchul Byun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sooyeon Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcing board includes a reinforcing layer that includes a central portion that is thinner than an edge portion, and a plurality of reinforcement members disposed on the central portion. A height of a reinforcement member disposed in a center of the ce...