ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,638, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Heungshik Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kangwook Heo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jungmin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Wonhak Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a display device including: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area that includes a bending area disposed adjacent to the display area; a plurality of pixels arranged in the display area; a driving circuit arranged in the peripheral area; a barrier rib layer arranged in the bending area; an input d...