ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,185, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including a light blocking layer" was invented by Gi Na Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ju Yeon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Won Sang Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Woo Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seong Jun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dong Hee Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device comprises a first display area, a second display area adjacent to a side of the first display area, a third display area adjacent to a side of the second display area, a plurality of emission areas ...