ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,480, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Min Ha Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Deok Hoi Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dae Wook Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Jin Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Joo Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a panel layer including a display area, a light-blocking layer above the panel layer, and defining a light-blocking area surrounding at least a portion of the display area, and an input-sensing layer between the panel layer and the light-blocking layer, definin...