ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,447, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device with multilayer dams" was invented by Youngjin Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jisu Na (Yongin-si, South Korea), Joongsoo Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Juncheol Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Byeongguk Jeon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a thin film transistor in the display area, a first insulating layer, the first insulating layer covering the thin film transistor, a signal line on the first insulating layer...