ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,673, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device comprising display support member" was invented by Minsung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeho Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungjin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Iksu Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing, and a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and guiding a sliding movement of the first housing; a flexible display including a first display area connected to ...