ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,705, issued on March 18, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Polarizing plate and optical display apparatus comprising the same" was invented by Bong Choon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jun Mo Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Yoon Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jung Hun You (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sang Hum Lee (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 first retardation layer and a second retardation layer sequentially stacked on a lower surface of the polarizer...