ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,635, issued on July 28, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Seung-Hwan Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jong-Hyun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Seung-Lyong Bok (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jung-Kyu Lee (Seo-gu, South Korea) and Young-Cheol Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a first display area, a second display area and a non-display area between the first display area and the second display area and extending in a first direction, at least a portion of the non-display area having a bending area connecting the first display...