ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,693, issued on May 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Sung Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jong Chan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a planarization layer on a substrate, a plurality of inner banks and a plurality of outer banks arranged on the planarization layer and extending in one direction, a first alignment electrode and a second alignment electrode on the plurality of inner banks and spaced from each other, a light emitting element on the first alignment electrode an...