ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,921, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method" was invented by Akifumi Sangu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyoung Joo Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), Jung Hwa You (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Il Young Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser processing apparatus includes a laser source; a width adjuster that adjusts a width of a laser beam irradiated from the laser source; and a scanner that adjusts an irradiation direction of the laser beam having passed through the width adjuster, wherein the width adjuster ...