ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,583, issued on Sept. 9.
"Electronic devices with sidewall displays" was invented by Scott A. Myers (Saratoga, Calif.), Stephen Brian Lynch (Portola Valley, Calif.) and Anthony S. Montevirgen (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inac...