ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,859, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Display device" was invented by Hyun Tae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jung Hyun Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Byung Seo Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel having a folding area, a first non-folding area on a side of the folding area, and a second non-folding area on another side of the folding area; a support member on a surface of the display panel and having a plurality of slits in the folding area and a plurality of bars between the slits; and a base resin on the support...