ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,837, issued on July 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including a thin film encapsulation layer and a method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Kyunghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeong Myo Sim (Gangneung-si, South Korea) and Mihwa Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes emitting a light; a capping layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting diodes and including an organic material; and a plurality of metal patterns disposed on the capping layer and overlapping the plurality of light emitti...