ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,514,104, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device having bendable portion" was invented by Hyung-Gyu Park (Seoul, South Korea), Soo Hee Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seong Geun Won (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hirotsugu Kishimoto (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a flexible display panel and a protective film. The protective film includes a film main body and a first adhesion portion. The film main body has a first surface contacting the flexible display panel and a first recess portion recessed from the first surface, and the...