ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,546, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Eun Hyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaybum Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyoung Seok Son (Seoul, South Korea), Sunhee Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Hyung Lim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area and a functional area defining a through-portion therein. At least a portion of the functional area is surrounded by the display area. The display device includes an insulation layer disposed on a base substrate and defining a disconnection portion in the functi...