ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,031, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Chengdu, China) and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Display apparatus and display panel" was invented by Mengyuan Pang (Beijing), Chuandong Liao (Beijing), Yaming Wang (Beijing), Jiafan Shi (Beijing), Shuquan Yang (Beijing), Junshan Li (Beijing), Wenliang Liu (Beijing), Chao Yang (Beijing) and Yang Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display panel comprises: a display substrate, having a display area, a non-display area, and a bendable area located therebetween; a back film, located on a side away from a light exit surface ...