ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,641, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device comprising display with variable display area and control method" was invented by Kwangtaek Woo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byoungkug Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Deukkyu Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jinwan An (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 slidable with respect to the first housing, a display having one end fixed to the second housing and having a variable informati...