ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,835, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Electronic devices with expandable displays" was invented by Tatsuya Sano (San Jose, Calif.), Michael B Wittenberg (San Francisco) and Hoon Sik Kim (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may have a housing, an expandable display mounted to the housing, and a frame for supporting the expandable display. The housing, display, and frame may be operable in expanded and retracted states. In the retracted state, an exposed portion of the display is viewable on the outside of the device, while a retractable portion of the display is enclo...