ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,907, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Seongmin Wang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngin Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yongho Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus including a first thin-film transistor (TFT) including a first semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor; a second TFT including a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor; a first shielding layer configured to overlap the first TFT and positioned between a substrate and the first TFT; and a second shielding layer...