ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,665, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Jaewon Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jonghyuck Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Juyeop Seong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hee-Kwon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae-Soo Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display layer including a plurality of non-folding areas and a folding area disposed between the plurality of non-folding areas; a barrier layer disposed under the display layer; and a support plate disposed under the barrier layer, where the barrier layer inc...