ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,523, issued on June 23, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Protection unit and display device including the same" was invented by Kwang-Wook Choi (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Kijong Kim (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Min Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Min-Suk Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection unit includes: a protection member including a metal; and a protection film attached to the protection member. A length of the protection member in a first direction is greater than a length of the protection film in the first direction, and the protection film has grooves at ...