ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,609, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Heat dissipation control method, and electronic apparatus and portable electronic device to which heat dissipation control method is applicable" was invented by Chih-Yao Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan), Ya-Han Chang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Huang-Chieh Huang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat dissipation control method applicable to a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device is adapted to mount a heat dissipation back clip, and the heat dissipation back clip includes a cooling chip and a heat dissipation fan. The cooling...