ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,179, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AETINA Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Casing having external shell surface" was invented by Chih-Jung Lo (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ying-Jui Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yung-Ho Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing having an external shell surface includes a casing body, a magnetic element, and an external shell surface. The casing body includes multiple sidewalls and a movable cover, wherein the multiple sidewalls and the cover enclose to form a box shape. The magnetic element is disposed on at least one sidewall of the casing body. The external shell surface and the mag...