ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,135, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samsung Display Co Ltd. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Display apparatus including display panel having flat mode and bent mode, and method of controlling the same" was invented by Byeonghee Won (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jungtae Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Youngseok Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a display panel and a controller. The display panel includes a first edge extending in a first direction, a second edge extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a display area where an image is d...