ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,457, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Won Tae Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jae Han Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel having: a display area including a plurality of pixels; and a non-display area around the display area and including a pad area; and a chip on film attached to the pad area of the display panel, wherein the chip on film includes the base film, and a data driver on the base film, wherein the chip on film includes a first lead area overlapping the pad area and d...