ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,472, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Mother panel for display panel" was invented by Seung-Kyu Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Wontae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyungjune Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mother panel for a display panel includes: a mother substrate including a display panel area and a dummy area surrounding the display panel area, the mother substrate having a cutting line defined thereon, wherein the cutting line is configured to be irradiated by a laser along a boundary between the display panel area and the dummy area; and a f...