ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,104, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hyun Ah Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Wook Kang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Hyun Min Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Dong Min Lee (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device comprising a substrate including a first sub-display area and a main display area surrounding the first sub-display area, a first transistor disposed on the main display area without overlapping the first sub-display area, a via insulating layer to cover th...