ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,949, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Myungan Min (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel, and a support layer disposed under the display panel. The display panel includes a display area that displays an image in a bending area and in a non-bending area, and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area in the bending area and the non-bending area. The display device is bend in the bending area during a sliding motion and not bent in the non-bending area adjacent to t...