ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,873, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Laser crystallization apparatus" was invented by Dong Eon Lim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Jeong Un Go (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Hyun Jin Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea), Hoon Chul Ryoo (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Yeong Jin Seol (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Gil Yong On (Asan-si, South Korea), Yeon Hak Lee (Asan-si, South Korea) and Hye Ji Cho (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser crystallization apparatus includes a plurality of laser generators which generate a plurality of laser beams, a plurality of attenuators which adjust e...