ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,048, issued on April 21, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Hirotsugu Kishimoto (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yongchan Jeon (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Chul Ho Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel having a foldable area, a first support member on a lower surface of the display panel, having a stretchable portion overlapping the foldable area, and including a magnesium alloy including magnesium ("Mg") and an additive material, and a second support member on a lower surface of the first support member and incl...