ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,228, issued on June 17, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Thin film transistor and display apparatus including the same" was invented by Jongjun Baek (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jongoh Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a thin film transistor capable of minimizing the level of a leakage current and a display apparatus including the same. The thin film transistor includes a buffer layer disposed over a substrate, and a semiconductor layer disposed over the buffer layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a first area doped with a first conductivity type and ...