ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,528, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Portable electronic device" was invented by Chun-Hung Wen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chun-Hsien Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device including a casing, a heat source, a fan, a heat dissipation fin, a heat pipe and a dust collecting member is provided. The heat source, the fan, the heat dissipation fin, and the heat pipe are located inside the casing, and the heat pipe is thermally coupled between the heat source and the heat dissipation fin. The dust collecting member is detachably assembled to the casing and is in...