ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,095, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to KOLON INDUSTRIES INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical film having excellent impact resistance and bending properties and display device comprising same" was invented by Sang Hyun Ahn (Seoul, South Korea) and Pil Rye Yang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an optical film comprising a light-transmitting substrate and a buffer layer, and having the maximum restoration length of 40-100 mm, and a display device comprising such an optical film."

The patent was filed on Nov. 24, 2021, under Application No. 18/547,452.

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