ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,960, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Flexible display device" was invented by Jin Woo Park (Seoul, South Korea), Ara Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hang Seok Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Chul Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Lyong Cha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a first body, a second body that moves in a first direction with respect to the first body, and a flexible display that varies according to the movement of the second body. Either one of the first body and the second body has coupled ...