ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,375, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for sensing stretch having driving and receiving electrodes extending in two directions" was invented by JuHan Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and Jinseong Kim (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for sensing a stretch can be provided with three different types of stretch electrodes to determine the presence or absence of a stretch. The apparatus for sensing a stretch can include a stretch support substrate configured to be stretched; and a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of mono-receiving electrodes, and ...