ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,064, issued on July 15, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hee Na Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Cha Dong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), In Kyung Yoo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sang Jin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chong Sup Chang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a first alignment electrode and a second alignment electrode on a substrate, the first and second alignment electrodes extending in a first direction and being spaced apart from each other; an amorphous silicon layer on the...