ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,609, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having a sensor area" was invented by Seung Chan Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Gun Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Jin Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Yoo Min Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including a main area and a sensor area. Sensor devices overlap the sensor area of the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel. The display panel includes first subpixels, which are disposed in the sensor area, and second subpixels, which are disposed...