ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,051, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device having flexible display" was invented by Yangsoo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngrog Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeyang Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukdong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihea Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junghyeob Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed to be slidable with respect to the first housing; a flexible displa...