ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,435, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Method of manufacturing a display apparatus" was invented by Donghyeon Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Wonse Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sukyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngsoo Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yunkyeong In (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yujin Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunji Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a buffer layer on a substrate, a first hole penetrating the buffer layer and exposing a portion of the substrate, a display layer with display elements and by...