ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,307, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mobile terminal" was invented by Sungchul Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Woojin Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Insu Song (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile terminal according to an embodiment may comprise: a first frame; a second frame which comprises a third rear part provided on the rear surface of the first frame and movable in a first direction and a first roller provided at the end of the third rear part in the first direction; a flexible display panel which is provided to surround the first roller; a driving part for driving th...