ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,142, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Quick charging method, mobile terminal, and power adapter" was invented by Chen Tian (Dongguan, China) and Jialiang Zhang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "After a mobile terminal recognizes a type of a power adapter, the mobile terminal transmits indication information to the power adapter. The indication information is configured to indicate that the mobile terminal has recognized the type of the power adapter and instruct the power adapter to activate a quick charging process. The power adapter then negotia...