ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,773, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Deposition mask and deposition apparatus including the same" was invented by Seo Yeon Kim (Gumi-si, South Korea), Yoonseo Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sanghoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jongsung Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition mask includes a body portion, a pattern portion that penetrates the body portion and is configured to allow deposition material to pass through the body portion, a blocking portion disposed on the body portion, and a support portion disposed on the body portion adj...