ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,242, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device" was invented by Heetae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soongyu Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sanghyun Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a battery, a power management module, a charging circuit, and a processor including a central processing unit (CPU) and a plurality of intellectual property (IP) blocks. The charging circuit is connected to the processor and...