ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,097, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device comprising optical sensor and encapsulation layers" was invented by Sungyoung Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsuk Uhm (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunchang Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byungduk Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel and at least one optical sensor. The display panel is disposed in an internal space of a housing so as to be visible from the outside and includes a display region and a sensor region. The at ...