ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,162, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including light blocking layer" was invented by Minwoo Woo (Seoul, South Korea), Sungho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seokje Seong (Seongman-si, South Korea), Jinsung An (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Seunghyun Lee (Asan-si, South Korea), Wangwoo Lee (Osan-si, South Korea), Jiseon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yoon-Jong Cho (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes an electronic module and a display panel including a first display area that overlaps the electronic module and a second d...