ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,373, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Electronic device capable of accessing memory card" was invented by Jiunn-Hung Shiau (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Neng-Hsien Lin (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device capable of accessing a memory card is provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board, a processing unit, a memory card slot, and a memory card access module. The processing unit is disposed on the circuit board. The memory card slot is disposed on the circuit board, allows the insertion of the memory card, and is coupled to the processing unit throug...