ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,566, issued on Feb. 24.

"Blocking-type surge protector having accelerated turn-off" was invented by Zhuangzhuang Hao (Shanghai), Deyi Zhao (Shanghai), Qianyuan Jiang (Shanghai) and Haiwei Su (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a blocking-type surge protector for accelerated turn-off, comprising: a first transistor (M1), a drain electrode thereof connected to a first port; a second transistor (M2), a drain electrode thereof connected to a source electrode of the first transistor (M1), and a source electrode thereof connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor (M1), the source electrode thereof being further c...