ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,683, issued on May 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Thin-film transistor, display apparatus including the same, and method of manufacturing display apparatus" was invented by Jinsuk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jin Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sugwoo Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Shinbeom Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngin Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Byungno Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Heeyeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kohei Ebisuno (Yongin-si, South Korea), Nalae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Illhwan Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jongmin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Joohyeon Jo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Changha Kwak (Yongi...