ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,371, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Device and method of detecting attachment and detachment of portable device" was invented by Sangun Bang (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Duseung Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dongjo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongjoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jinsoo Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sungkyu Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Woonhyung Heo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting an attachment and detachment of a portable device according to example embodiments of the present disclosure may include a first t...