ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,831, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Docking system for an electronic device assembly" was invented by Hang Tian (Charlotte, N.C.), Yihua Niu (Charlotte, N.C.), Yijing Hou (Charlotte, N.C.), Xiaofeng Wang (Charlotte, N.C.) and Huijuan Meng (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A docking system for an electronic device assembly is provided. The docking system can include a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly can include a base and a first plurality of electrical connections that extend through the base. The second assembly can be configured to be removably c...