ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,465, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Haegoo Jung (Hanam-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yeon-Shil Jung (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a bending area spaced apart from the display area, and a peripheral area between the display area and the bending area; a dummy pattern on the substrate in the peripheral area; a bank on the dummy pattern in the peripheral area and exposing a portion of the dummy pattern; and a light emitting diod...