ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,858, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Yeong Ho Kim (Asan-si, South Korea), So Ra Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Hongyoub Na (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jung Wook Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area at a side of the display area; a transistor in the display area of the substrate; a first electrode connected to the transistor; a pixel defining layer on the first electrode and having a plurality of pixel openings; an emission layer in respective o...