ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,297, issued on July 1, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing exterior housing and electronic device comprising same" was invented by Young-Gyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Minjung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeeyoung Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Gyoosug Lee (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device of the present invention comprises: an exterior housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a display of which at least a part is expos...