ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,879, issued on April 15, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Polarizing plate and optical display apparatus comprising the same" was invented by Jeong Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Hyun Ju (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Ho Wee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a pattern layer stacked on a light exit surface of the polarizer, and the pattern layer includes a second resin layer and a first resin layer sequentially sta...