ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,347, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device including structure against foreign substances" was invented by Changryong Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Valeriy Prushinskiy (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junghyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byounguk Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hoondo Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Suk Hyun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices include a first housing, a second housing, a display arranged between the first housing and the second housing, and a hinge structure of which...