Patent 10303315 was granted and assigned to Samsung on May, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A flexible display device including a display panel providing a base surface and a touch sensing part disposed on the base surface. The display panel further includes a buffer layer and is divided into a plurality of emission areas and non-emission areas disposed adjacent thereto. The buffer layer includes recessed portions, each of which has a groove defined in a corresponding emission area of the emission areas and flat portions connected to the recessed portions. The touch sensing part disposed on the buffer layer includes conductive patterns and an insulation layer covering the conductive patterns.