ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,502, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Peripheral ESD circuit for a flexible display" was invented by Sunkwang Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghyeon Ki (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyungjin Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dongyoon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seongyoung Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes a substrate including a data line extending in a first direction, a voltage line extending in the first direction, and a first circuit disposed in a non-display area and electrically connected to the data line and the voltage l...