ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,393, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for operating flexible display, and electronic device" was invented by Minuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongkon Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyungtae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kwangtai Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghyun Yeom (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected to the first housing through a hinge device, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the second housing from the first housing...