ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,318, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including biometric recognizing module" was invented by Jihoon Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyunwoo Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jihun Heo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seungho Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing; a protrusion from a side surface of the housing including a first window and a second window; a first board disposed inside the housing; a second board connected to one surface of the first board; a firs...