ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,839, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Jae-Soo Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Juyeop Seong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hee-Kwon Lee (Asan-si, South Korea), Sungu Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeongheon Kim (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel having a first display area and a second display area adjacent to the first display area. A first support member is disposed under the display panel and includes a first support layer overlapping the first display area and a second support layer overlapping th...