ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,655, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Battery system and operating method of electronic device including the same" was invented by Jungik Ha (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangwon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery system configured to provide power to a load based on a load current includes a first battery cell selectively connected to a first output terminal and a second output terminal and having a first state of charge, a second battery cell selectively connected to the first output ...