ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,890, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display panel and electronic device including the same" was invented by Hyemin Lee (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Heechang Yoon (Anyang-si, South Korea), Hyoung Sub Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jinho Hyun (Gwacheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display panel includes a base layer including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the display area, a hydrophobic layer disposed in the non-display area and spaced apart from the light-emitting elements, ...