ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,807, issued on May 13, was assigned to LiTL LLC (Boston).
"Portable computer with multiple display configurations" was invented by Yves Behar (Oakland, Calif.), Joshua Morenstein (San Francisco), Christopher Hibmacronan (Oakland, Calif.), Naoya Edahiro (San Francisco) and Matthew David Day (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable computer that is configurable between a plurality of display modes including a laptop mode (in which the portable computer has a conventional laptop appearance) and an easel mode in which the base of the computer and its display component stand vertically forming an inverted "V." The portable...