ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,748, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Stirrer, apparatus of manufacturing quantum dot including the same, and method of manufacturing quantum dot using the quantum dot manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Donghee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Chul Soon Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Junghoon Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stirrer includes a magnetic bar and a microwave absorbing layer around the magnetic bar. The stirrer absorbs a microwave and converts the microwave to thermal energy to heat the mixed solution reactant."

The patent was...