ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,478, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Hyeon Bum Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area and a non-display area; a light emitting element disposed on a display area of a substrate; a dam disposed on a non-display area of the substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting element and the dam; a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation layer; and a sensing electrode disposed on the planarization layer, wherein a thickness of a portion of the planarization layer d...