ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,793, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Foldable electronic device" was invented by Chun-Hung Wen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Hsien Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hui-Ping Sun (New Taipei, Taiwan), Wen-Neng Liao (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yu-Ming Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Kuan-Lin Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a hinge module, and a cover is provided. The hinge module is connected to the first body and the second body, such that the first body and the second body are rotated relatively to be folded or unfolded via th...