ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,992, issued on April 8, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same" was invented by Youngsun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunsuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyuwon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) of an electronic device including a flexible display having a shape deformed by a hinge structure is provided. The FPCB of an electronic device includes a plurality of bending portions and a plurality of non-bending portions. The plura...