ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,477, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Flexible display device with improved mechanical integrity and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Dae Sang Yun (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Young Ji Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Wan Jung Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Hyo Young Mun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yi Seul Um (Hongseong-gun, South Korea), So Young Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Hoon Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a flexible substrate; and a plurality of supports on the flexible substrate and spaced ...