ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,835, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Sun Ho Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Gun Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hwan Shim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Tae Hoon Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sun Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area which includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixels and a second display area including at least one second pixel and at least one light-transmitting portion, a peripheral area disposed around the display area, a data line inc...