ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,222, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Electronic device" was invented by Hung-Chi Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Cheng-Han Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan), Huei-Ting Chuang (New Taipei, Taiwan), Shun-Bin Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yen-Chieh Chiu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including a first body, a keyboard, a light-emitting touch pad module, a light-transmitting cover and a second body is provided. The first body has a first area and a second area arranged side by side. The keyboard is disposed in the first area. The light-emitting touch pad module is slidably di...