ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,335, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foldable display device" was invented by Kwang-Hyun Choi (Paju-si, South Korea), Min-Jic Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Ye-Seul Han (Paju-si, South Korea) and Jeong-Ok Jo (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device includes a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels and having a first shield pattern in a non-folding region and a second shield pattern in a folding region; a cover window over the display panel, wherein an area of the second shield pattern is larger than an area of the first shield pattern."

The p...