ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,569, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Lepton Computing LLC (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Graphical user interface components for a flexible display smartphone" was invented by Stephen E. Delaporte (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reconfigurable touch screen computing devices with folding configurations that include flexible displays made up of segments reconfigured from a folded state to an expanded state are described. The form factor of the folded state is the size of a handheld phone (including an integrated speaker and microphone). The form factor of the expanded state is the size of a tablet computer. Both states provide a configur...