ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,772, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Portable electronic apparatus" was invented by Zhenbiao Fu (Shenzhen, China), Zhe Ma (Shenzhen, China), Hongde Yang (Shenzhen, China), Kangle Xue (Shenzhen, China) and Xijian Di (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides a portable electronic apparatus, including a main body, a camera module, a noise-canceling microphone, and a sound pickup hole, where the main body includes a first side edge, a second side edge, and an outer surface, the first side edge and the second side edge are located on two opposite sides of the out...