ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,251, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Protection member, display apparatus, and method of manufacturing display apparatus" was invented by Joonik Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Cheuljin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kisang Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunkyung Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a protection member, a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The protection member includes a protective film including a first layer having a central area, a first side area extended to a first...