ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,309, issued on March 24, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Laptop computer with quick-release keyboard" was invented by Wei-Chih Wang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chen-Min Hsiu (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chih-Wei Liao (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laptop computer with a quick-release keyboard including a host, a display, and a keyboard is provided. The host has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The host has at least one movable hook disposed on the first surface. The display is pivoted to the host to be folded or unfolded relative to the first surface of the...