ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,445, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Display apparatus" was invented by Hyeonbum Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display element disposed on a substrate; an encapsulation layer disposed on the display element; a light-blocking layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and including a first opening at a location corresponding to an emission area of the display element; a first refractive layer disposed on the light-blocking layer and including a second opening overlapping the first opening of the light-blocking layer; and...