ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,889, issued on July 22, was assigned to Lepton Computing LLC (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Flexible display devices with a planar connection interface" was invented by Stephen E. Delaporte (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foldable touch screen display devices with a flexible display unit made up of segments that can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state which includes a modular rigid display that may be attached to the flexible display unit. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone or smaller. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a larger phone or ta...