ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,793, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having component area" was invented by Hyunji Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngsoo Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yunkyeong In (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a plurality of main display elements in the main display area; a plurality of auxiliary display elements and a transmission area in the component area; a first pixel circuit in the component area and connected to a first auxiliary display element among the auxiliary display elements; a second pixel circuit in the compo...