ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,645, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Foldable electronic device for controlling screen rotation, and operating method therefor" was invented by Seoyoung Jin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Oheon Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changhuyn Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongsig Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wonhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeongmin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing, second housing foldably connected to the hinge structure and configured to be foldable with respect to the first...