ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,742, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including metal member" was invented by Junghyun Im (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joungki Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinwoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungchang Baek (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoonhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungwoo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hangyu Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongchul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a housing comprising: an outer portion defining at least...