ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,454, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jeongseok Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seungwook Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sehoon Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a lower film. A light absorbing layer is disposed on the lower film. The light absorbing layer absorbs ultraviolet light. A substrate is disposed on the light absorbing layer. A thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. ...