ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,639, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Jooil Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Kwangrae Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Myoung-Ha Jeon (Asan-si, South Korea) and Sujin Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel having a first area, a second area spaced apart from the first area in a first direction, and a bending area between the first area and the second area; a polarization layer in the first area on the display panel; and a bending protection layer on the display pan...