ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,287, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including flexible display and controlling display of a graphic user interface based on sensed stress values caused by a touch on the flexible display" was invented by Moonsun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myunghoon Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bohyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunju Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a display, a touch circuit, and a processor. The display may include an area visually exposed to an outside of the electronic device is capable ...