ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,395, issued on May 19, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Hybrid displays" was invented by James E Pedder (Oxon, Great Britain), Patrick B Bennett (San Leandro, Calif.), Michael Slootsky (Santa Clara, Calif.), Graham B Myhre (Campbell, Calif.), Andrew Lin (San Jose, Calif.), Cheuk Chi Lo (Belmont, Calif.) and Guanjun Tan (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid display may include different display portions with different resolutions. The high resolution display portion may be positioned in a main viewing area for the viewer whereas the low resolution display portion may be positioned in a peripheral ...