ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,093, issued on April 14, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Laptop computer" was invented by Yu-Shih Wang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Wen-Chieh Tai (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chih-Chun Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Dong-Sheng Wu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Tzu-Wei Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yi-Mu Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laptop computer including a first body, a circuit board disposed in the first body, a second body, a display module disposed in the second body, a hinge connected to the first and the second bodies, and a mezzanine connector is provided. The first and the second bodies are pivoted t...