ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. RE50,990, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foldable display device including spacers in folding area" was invented by Suk Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), NohJin Myung (Paju-si, South Korea), Wansoo Lee (Paju-si, South Korea), Sinchul Kang (Goyang-si, South Korea), Seungkyu Lee (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Miyeon Seo (Asan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device includes a display panel configured to be folded around a folding axis. The display panel includes spacers disposed in a non-folding area and a folding area, and the spacers may have different sizes or de...