ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,491, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"GIP layout for folding display" was invented by Dong-Yul Kim (Paju-si, South Korea), Tae-Joon Ahn (Paju-si, South Korea) and Ji-Eun Lee (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, the display panel having a first direction in a long side direction and a second direction in a short side direction, a flat area and a folding area of the non-display area disposed at left and right sides of the display area, and a plurality of first GIP (Gate In Panel) b...