ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,071, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including sensor layer for sensing inputs by touch and pen" was invented by Gayoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kangwon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunjee Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device for sensing a touch includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of third electrodes, a fourth electrode, a first loop trace line, and a trace line. The fourth electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes connected in parallel with each oth...