ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,802, issued on July 21, was assigned to E Ink Holdings Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electronic paper display device and flexible substrate for electronic paper display device having frame" was invented by Cheng-Hao Lee (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Yung Sheng Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Wen-Chuan Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ming-Huan Yang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic paper display device includes a frame, a flexible substrate, a front panel, and a chip. The flexible substrate includes a first area, a second area, a bending area adjoining the first area and the second area, and a conductive glue disposing area. The first...