ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,577, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Electronic device and flexible pen plug" was invented by Meng-Chi Chiang (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a casing, a flexible pen plug, and a locking member. The casing includes a pen slot and a first engaging portion located beside the pen slot. The flexible pen plug is detachably disposed in the pen slot, and includes a door portion, a second engaging portion connected to the door portion, a first wall portion close to the second engaging portion, and a second wall portion away from the second engaging portion...