US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG DISPLAY on Nov. 4 for "Metal blocking pattern of display device and method of providing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,931, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Metal blocking pattern of display device and method of providing the same" was invented by Sunkwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Ki Nyeng Kang (Sejong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a blocking pattern between a display area and a dam structure and having an undercut shape. The blocking pattern includes an etched metal layer, and a first upper metal layer which is on the etched metal layer and has a width greater than a width of the etched metal layer."

The patent was filed on Aug. 29, 2022, under Appl...