ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,616, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Quantum dots and device including the same" was invented by Seon-Yeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Wook Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soo Kyung Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji-Yeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungwoo Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cadmium free quantum dot or a population thereof or a device including the same, wherein the cadmium free quantum dot includes a core (or a semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a first semiconductor including a Group IIB-VI compound and a shel...