ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,583, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Seung Wook Kwon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Woo Yong Sung (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyoung Sub Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a bending area at which the display device is bendable; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the organic light emitting element; and a bending area protection layer covering the bending area of the substrat...