ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,539, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Liquid crystal display apparatus" was invented by Yong Un Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Hyun Ju (Suwon-si, South Korea), So Yeon Gong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jin Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Da Neung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Oh (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 liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel; and a viewer-side polarizing plate stacked on a light exit surface of the liquid crystal panel, and the viewer-side polarizing plate include...