ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,564, issued on July 1, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Seung Hwan Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Won Suk Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Ryun Park (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Seok Je Seong (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyeon Woo Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Ji Seon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device having a display area including a plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction, and a non-display area located around the display area, the non-display area including a first peripheral area surroundin...