ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,790, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foldable display device and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Seungun Park (Paju-si, South Korea), Seoyoung Lee (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Hyejeong Park (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device includes a display panel, a protective base disposed on a top surface of the display panel, a polarizing plate disposed on a top surface of the protective base, a light blocking layer disposed at an edge of a top surface of the polarizing plate, and a hard coating layer for covering the polarizing plate ...