US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG DISPLAY on May 13 for "Metal mask, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing display panel using the metal mask" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,530, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Metal mask, method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing display panel using the metal mask" was invented by Hyosung Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), JinYoung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungmin Hur (Yongin-si, South Korea), Nari Ahn (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyeongsuk Yoo (Asan-si, South Korea) and Dongwon Han (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition mask includes a metal mask body in which a deposition opening is defined; and a coating layer including aluminum oxynitride, on an outer surface of the...