ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,079, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Wuxi Hengxin Optoelectronic Materials Co. Ltd. (Wuxi, China).

"Polarizing plate and optical display apparatus comprising the same" was invented by Jin Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Yong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoung Min Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Ho Wee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a patterned portion including a first resin layer and a second resin layer stacked on at least one surface of the polarizer and havi...