ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,274, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device capable of sliding and folding operations" was invented by Giuk Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongmin Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehun Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hongsik Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be slidable in a first direction; a flexible display having one end fixed to one of the first housing and...