ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,669, issued on April 29, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Minsoo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Younghun Seong (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jaehoon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Wanjae Ju (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure connected with the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the foldable housing configured to be folded about a folding axi...