ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,399, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Mobile device with a foldable display and method of providing user interfaces on the foldable display" was invented by Duncan Knarr (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Andrew R McHugh (San Jose, Calif.) and Seokhyun Yoon (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for controlling presentation on a foldable display of an electronic device is provided. A foldable electronic device comprises a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing structure and a second housing structure foldable and unfoldable with respect t...