ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,407, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Won-Kyu Kwak (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hwan-Soo Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae-Yong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area, a test pad, a plurality of first test transistors, and at least one outline. The display area includes pixels coupled to data lines and scan lines. The test pad receives a test signal. The first test transistors are coupled between the data lines of the display area and the test pad. The a...