ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,709, issued on July 14, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea) and AUFLEX Co. Ltd. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Junghun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ho Jung Han (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sungsang Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Taehoon Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yoon Je Woo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area, which are arranged in a first direction, a first support layer disposed below the display panel, overlapping the first ar...