ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,541, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Kang Young Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Il Tae (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Xinxing Li (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a base layer including a display area and a non-display area, a pixel circuit layer disposed on a front surface of the base layer and including a driving transistor and a switch transistor, and an antistatic circuit layer disposed on a rear surface of the base layer and including at least one electrostatic diode."

The patent was filed on J...