ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,670, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Mask, method of providing the same, and method of providing display panel using mask" was invented by Youngmin Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minho Moon (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seungyong Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungsoon Im (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mask assembly includes a mask frame in which a first opening is defined, the mask frame including a front surface through which the first opening extends, and a deposition mask which is attached to the front surface of the mask frame and through which a pl...