ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,642, issued on July 15, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Sang Rock Yoon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Seo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eun Jin Sung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung Wook Chun (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device is provided. The display device comprise a substrate a display layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of light-emitting areas, and a touch layer disposed on the display layer and including a touch area and a non-touch area, the touch layer includes: a plurality of first sensor electrodes and...