ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,531, issued on May 12, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Minsok Jang (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 foldable area folded based on an axis extending in a first direction, and a first non-foldable area and a second non-foldable area spaced apart from each other in a second direction crossing the first direction with the foldable area being therebetween, and a support plate below the display panel, and including: a porous metal layer including a porous metal material, an upper support layer on th...