ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,678, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device with display protection structure" was invented by Geuna Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangyoup Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsu Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byounguk Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a display including a first area and a second area; a foldable housing including a first housing which supports the first area and a second housing which supports the second area; a hinge structure which connects the first housing and the second housing to be foldab...