ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,481, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hyunkyung Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Cheuljin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kisang Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Joonik Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a display element; a protective film disposed under the display panel and including a first silicon-based compound; and a cover panel disposed under the protective film, where the cover panel includes a silicon layer including a second...