ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,812, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including magnets" was invented by Hyosung Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jungbae Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Haewon Sung (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including a first housing and second housing that are movable relative to one another such that the electronic device is transitionable between an open state and a closed state. The second housing includes first and second cover surfaces. In the open state, the first surface of the first housing may be visually exposed...