ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,352, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Kwanhyuck Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seungyong Song (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate; a display element on the substrate; a thin-film encapsulation layer on the display element, the thin-film encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer; and a lower layer below the thin-film encapsulation layer, the lower layer including a first surface parallel to an upper surface of the substrate and a second surfac...