ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,486, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by In Woo Kim (Asan-si, South Korea), Chang Woo Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Cheol Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong Hwan Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yong Tae Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kook Hyun Choi (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a conductive pattern on a substrate, a via layer on the conductive pattern with a via hole exposing the conductive pattern, a first electrode and a second electrode on the via layer and s...