ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,616, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing display device" was invented by Hyuneok Shin (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Hyunwoo Kang (Yeosu-si, South Korea), Hyunah Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dokeun Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sukyoung Yang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yunjong Yeo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongmin Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea), Donghyeok Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Shin Il Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes an active layer in a display area, a first gate insulatio...