ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,464, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for forming line beam" was invented by Akifumi Sangu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jekil Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Cheolho Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Haesook Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngsu Chae (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Gyoowan Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for forming a line beam. The apparatus includes a laser source, a telescope unit, a beam-transforming unit, a Fourier unit, a long-axis optical unit, and a short-axis optical unit. The laser ...