ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,186, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Kyung-Mok Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong-Youb Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jaejin Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a peripheral area, a protective film attached to a lower surface of the display panel, an adhesive layer disposed between the display panel and the protective film, a driving integrated circuit ("IC") chip disposed in the peripheral area and including a long side...