ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,881, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Foldable display device" was invented by Yunjae Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Hoseung Kang (Asan-si, South Korea) and Jong-Hyun Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device includes a display module including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area, a support member disposed below the display module and including a first support layer overlapping the first non-folding area, a second support layer overla...