ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,344, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Dongchul Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyelan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jangyeol Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jiwon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel in which a penetrating opening portion is defined, the display panel including a first display portion in which a first pixel is arranged, a second display portion in which a second pixel is arranged, a connection portion extending in a first direction to connect the first display po...