ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,236, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Layered structures and electronic devices including the same" was invented by Tae Gon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Deukseok Chung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jooyeon Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Shin Ae Jun (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layered structure including a photoluminescent layer including a quantum dot polymer composite; a light absorption layer disposed on the photoluminescent layer, the light absorption layer including an absorptive color-filter material; and a silicon containing layer dispose...