ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,467, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Square Brands Inc. (High Point, N.C.).

"Charger system for portable electronic devices" was invented by William Miles Haskins (Kernersville, N.C.) and Riley Edwin Lynch (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device charger system includes (I) electrical interface electrically couplable with the at least one portable electronic device; (II) electronic control assembly for controlling electrical charging of the portable electronic device accessory with the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is electrically coupled with the elec...