ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,684, issued on May 20, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Dynamic control mechanisms for backup power regulators" was invented by Tong-Hsiao Chang (Manhasset, N.Y.) and Rohit D. Kotwal (Plainvew, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device includes: a battery compartment configured to removably receive a battery; a backup power source; a computing subsystem configured to receive power from a selectable one of the battery and the backup power source; a backup power regulator configured to supply backup power from the backup power source; and a power control subsystem configured, in response to d...