ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,396, issued on April 14, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Device panel" was invented by Zih-Shuo Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Tsung-Ying Ke (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device panel includes a substrate, electronic devices, and first signal lines. The substrate is provided with a first bending area and a non-bending area outside the first bending area. The substrate is adaptable for bending along a first bending line in the first bending area. The electronic devices are disposed on the substrate, and include first electronic devices located in the non-bending area and second electronic devices l...