ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,374, issued on April 7, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Foldable display device and method for compensating for deterioration of flexible display panel" was invented by Hyungjin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Moon-Chul Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yoonsik Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kanghee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyungsu Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seokha Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable display device is disclosed that includes a flexible display panel, an optical module, and a deterioration compensator. The flexible display panel includes a fo...