ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,701, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including light blocking layer, metal blocking layer, and inorganic insulating layer" was invented by Se Wan Son (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Nak Cho Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Moo Soon Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hyun Son (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Hoon Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Goo Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Kyung Hyun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Hae-Yeon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Seong Min Cho (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device according to an exemplary embodiment in...