ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,496, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Gate signal masking circuit, gate driver including the same and display apparatus including the same" was invented by Sang Yong No (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kyungho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gate signal masking circuit includes: a connection transistor connecting a first control node and a first transistor based on a connection signal; the first transistor connected to a masking node, the connection transistor and a second control node; a second transistor including a control electrode receiving a carry ...