ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,328, issued on April 21, was assigned to GENESYS LOGIC INC. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"USB hub with multiple upstream-facing-ports and data transmission method thereof" was invented by Wei-Te Lee (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The USB hub includes multiple upstream-facing-port (UFP) connectors, multiple downstream-facing-port (DFP) connectors, and multiple hub controllers. A first upstream-port of a first hub controller is coupled to a first UFP connector. A first downstream-port of the first hub controller is coupled to a first DFP connector. A first upstream-port of a second hub controller is coupled to a...