ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,404, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Waveguide-type display device" was invented by Jeonggeun Yun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byoungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kiseung Bang (Seoul, South Korea), Chanhyung Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Kyookeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minseok Chae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a waveguide-type display device including a waveguide, an input coupler provided on the waveguide and configured to transmit an image to travel into the waveguide, an outp...