ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,677, issued on May 27, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device including protective window" was invented by Min-Joo Kim (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Jong-Hyun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Sun-Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung-Min Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Tae-Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device including a flat area extending in a direction and a bending area having a curvature is provided. The display device includes a panel part including a pixel array and including a first active area located in the flat area and a second active area l...