ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,677, issued on April 1, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device" was invented by Gwang-Bum Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyungbae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a display panel including a first area, a bending area at which the display panel is bent, a second area overlapping the first area, first electrodes arranged in a first direction in the first area, second electrodes arranged in a second direction in the first area, and crossing the first electrodes, and third electrodes in the first area, and overlapping with the first e...