ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,000, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mobile terminal" was invented by Kiseong Mun (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaewook Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This mobile terminal comprises: a flexible display unit that surrounds one end of a body and includes a front part located on the front surface of the body and a rear part located on the rear surface thereof, wherein the surface areas of the front part and the rear part change as the second frame moves by sliding; a rolling hinge that is located on the rear surface of the flexible display unit and can deform according t...