ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,197, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing mask and deposition apparatus including mask" was invented by Ji-Hee Son (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youngmin Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jaeuoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seungyong Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungsoon Im (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong-Hyun Choung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunmin Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a deposition source disposed in the chamber, a mask assembly, and a base substrate disposed on the mask assem...