ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,408, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Pad area of display device having opening and component therein and method of providing the same" was invented by Sang Duk Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chan Jae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a display device and a method of providing the same. A display device includes a display panel which is bendable, the display panel including a bending area and a pad area which is adjacent to the bending area, and a lower layer extending along the pad area of the display panel. The lower...