ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,502, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Portable communication device including sealing member" was invented by Jungwon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngmin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sunghun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yunsik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jingook Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chijoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyosung La (Suwon-si, South Korea), Suman Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungwhee Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junyoung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable communication device...