ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,012, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device supporting multiple windows and method of controlling the same" was invented by Kwangbae Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjoon Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangheon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeunwook Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen and at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen. The at least one processor is configured to display an execution screen of a first application on the touch scr...