ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,663, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Accton Technology Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Network switch including transmission ports which are not arranged toward a same direction" was invented by Kuan-Tse Lee (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network switch includes a circuit board and a plurality of transmission ports. The circuit board is disposed in a chassis, and an opening of the chassis is corresponding to a first reference line. The plurality of transmission ports are disposed on an edge of the circuit board. The edge is corresponding to a second reference line, and the first reference line and the second referen...