ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,836, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus" was invented by Sungyeol Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chunsoon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungyong Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyukjun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel; and a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel. The backlight unit includes: a substrate including a first surface facing the display panel; a light source disposed on the first surface; a driving element disposed on the first surface to drive the light s...