ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,894, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Magnolia Blue Corp. (Tokyo).

"Folded or rolled display device having thermal shrinkage rates" was invented by Nobuo Naito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel capable of being rolled up or folded and a cover member that is placed upon the display panel and that is capable of being rolled up or folded together with the display panel. A thermal shrinkage rate of the cover member in a bending direction along which the display panel is bent when the display panel is rolled up is smaller than a thermal shrinkage rate of the cover member in a perpendicular d...