ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,586, issued on July 15, was assigned to Tahoe Research Ltd. (Dublin).

"Processor having accelerated user responsiveness in constrained environment" was invented by Efraim Rotem (Haifa, Israel), Doron Rajwan (Rishon Le-Zion, Israel), Eliezer Weissmann (Haifa, Israel), Nir Rosenzweig (Givat Ella, Israel), Eric Distefano (Livermore, Calif.), Ishmael F. Santos (Milpitas, Calif.) and James G. Hermerding II (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one core to execute instructions and a power controller coupled to the at least one core. The power controller may include a first logic t...