ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,777, issued on July 29, was assigned to Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, N.J.).

"Organic electroluminescent devices" was invented by Edwin van den Tillaart (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Sven Pekelder (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Mark Meuwese (Eindhoven, Netherlands), William E. Quinn (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), Gregory McGraw (Yardley, Pa.) and Gregg Kottas (Ewing, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposition nozzle is provided that includes offset deposition apertures disposed between exhaust apertures on either side of the deposition apertures. The provided nozzle arrangements allow for deposition of material with a deposition profile ...