ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,051, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for controlling power supply and electronic device using same" was invented by Dongwan Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungyong Bang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeuk Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunil An (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiseong Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Woosuk Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first component included in the electronic device; a port configured to connect to an external power source; a battery; and a processor ...