US Patent Issued to Seoul Semiconductor on April 22 for "Backlight unit and display apparatus having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,185, issued on April 22, was assigned to Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Backlight unit and display apparatus having the same" was invented by Seung Ri Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Eun Ju Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Hee Soo Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus including a display panel, a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide disposed on the light source and covering a side of the light source, the light source including a substrate, a light emitter including a light emitting stacked layer and disposed on the substrate, a light blocking...