ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,004, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Seong Sik Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Min Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ah-Ram Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the sec...