ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,159, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having surface control layer in transmission area" was invented by Heemin Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Joongu Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hye Jin Gwark (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeik Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungsun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yeonhwa Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate on which a pixel area for displaying an image and a transmission area for transmitting an external light are defined; a transistor disposed on the substrate in the pixel a...