ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,099, issued on July 15, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display panel having light shielding member with different thickness" was invented by Bogeon Jeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kabjong Seo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hokyung Jang (Osan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display panel includes a display device layer including first to third light emitting areas and a non-tight emitting area and a light shielding member disposed on the display device laver. The light shielding member overlaps the non-light emitting area and includes light shielding openings corresponding to the ...