ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,385, issued on Dec. 16.

"Battery charging cable assembly" was invented by Thomas Bishop (Park City, Utah) and Stephen Warren (Park City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The specification describes cable comprising: a first universal serial bus (USB) connector, a first non-circular section cable coupled to the first USB connector, the first non-circular section cable having a cross-sectional width and a thickness, the cross-sectional width being substantially greater than the thickness, a splitter block coupled to the first non-circular section cable, two or more second non-circular section cables coupled to the splitter block, an...