ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,837, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foldable display apparatus" was invented by Seonghyeon Lee (Busan, South Korea), Minwoo Jeon (Busan, South Korea), Jonggun Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Suk Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jungmin Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display apparatus includes a display panel, a cover window on the display panel, and a first layer between the display panel and the cover window, the first layer having a storage modulus lower than a storage modulus of the cover window to reduce durability defects in the apparatus. The appar...