ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,048, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Touch sensor and display device including the same" was invented by Hyung Bae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Min Hong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Kook Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Joon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jae Hyun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ji Yeong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Wook Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensor includes first touch cells disposed in a first touch sensing area, the first touch cells each including a first touch pattern and a first dummy pattern, and ...