ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,957, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Jiangsu, China).

"USB circuit, and switching method and apparatus for USB controller" was invented by Jianguo Wu (Jiangsu, China) and Changzhao Fu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An USB circuit includes a USB socket, USB controllers, a switching switch and a power-supply detecting circuit, and the USB controllers include an operating USB controller and an idle USB controller. The operating USB controller is a USB controller normally connected to the switching switch, and the idle USB controller is a USB controller connected to the s...