ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,871, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Protective film module and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Kitaek Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jiyoung Wang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Junghoon Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective film module includes a first film protecting a first face of a thin-film glass, a first adhesive layer disposed between the thin-film glass and the first film and contacting the first face of the thin-film glass, a second film disposed on the first adhesive layer, and covering the thin-film glass, and having a ...