ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,756, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device and electronic device including the same" was invented by Jaiku Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongwoo Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihye Shin (Cheonan-si, South Korea), Jin Yong Sim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Seokchan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sung Chul Choi (Hwaseong-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 non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area and a support plate that is disposed under the display panel and that defines a ...