ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,224, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Flexible display device" was invented by Jaiku Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sojeong La (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sung Chul Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a panel part including a bending area, a digitizer disposed under the panel part, a first magnetic member disposed under the digitizer, and a second magnetic member disposed under the first magnetic member. The first magnetic member includes a first portion and a second portion, which are spaced apart from each other by a dividing ...