ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,955, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Kyungjun Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Sangsoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jaewon Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Kihyeong Im (Seoul, South Korea) and Kitae Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure includes: a flexible display panel; a cover sheet which is located in a rearward direction of the display panel, and has a plurality of holes; and a roller which extends long, and around or from which the display panel and the cover sheet are wound o...