ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,759, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Ji Woong Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sungwon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display module, a support plate that is disposed on a rear surface of the display module and that includes a flat portion and a flexible portion that extends from the flat portion and that is foldable such that a portion is disposed under the flat portion, wherein the flexible portion is foldable about a folding axis extending in one direction, and a plurality of link bars t...