ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,789, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display panel and display apparatus including the same" was invented by Sunyoung Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gunhee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghwan Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Taehoon Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghee Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chungsock Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display panel includes: a display area including a main display area, and a component area; a peripheral area; a plurality of main pixel circuits at the main display area; ...