ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,227, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Junhyeong Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangwoo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jaemin Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyejin Joo (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jongho Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate including an island portion and at least one connection portion extending from the island portion; a display unit on the island portion, the display unit including at least one display element; and an encapsulation layer covering the at least one display ...