ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,345, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Wuhan, China) and WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS Co. LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH (Shanghai).

"Display panel and display apparatus" was invented by Qibing Wei (Wuhan, China), Bing Han (Wuhan, China), Yuying Cai (Wuhan, China), Peng Zhang (Wuhan, China) and Kang Yang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display panel and a display apparatus are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes a display area and a bezel area; a first support structure located in the display area, the first support structure including a plurality of first support portions;...