ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,340, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Yoonsun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung-Hwan Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jiseon Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Wonsuk Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a first non-display area, a second non-display area, and a bending area and extending in a second direction, a first inorganic film disposed in the display area, the first non-display area, the second non-display area and a portion of the bending area on the su...