ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,603, issued on March 17, was assigned to Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co. Ltd. (Wuhan, China).

"Supporting plate and foldable display module" was invented by Wenqiang Wang (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting plate and a foldable display module are provided. The supporting plate has a bending region and non-bending regions. The bending region includes joint regions and semi-etching regions. A plurality of hollow structures are defined on a part of the supporting plate corresponding to the joint regions. A plurality of groove structures are defined on a part of the supporting ...