ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,720, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Slidable display device" was invented by Myungan Min (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area, which are arranged in a first direction, a cover layer disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to overlap the first area, a first support layer disposed below the cover layer to overlap the first area, where a plurality of openings is defined in the first support layer, and a second support layer disposed on the rear surface of the display panel...