ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,216, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Laptop computer" was invented by Hung-Chi Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Cheng-Han Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan), Huei-Ting Chuang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Po-Yi Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yen-Chieh Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chao-Di Shen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laptop computer including a system host, a modular platform, a rail structure, and at least one tool is provided. The rail structure is disposed at the system host and the modular platform, and the modular platform slides relative to the system host via the rail structure to be assembl...