ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,607, issued on March 17, was assigned to LeRain Technology Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Active single-ended transmission cable" was invented by Miaobin Gao (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Heng-Ju Cheng (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Hsin-Che Chiang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Hui-Chin Wu (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chia-Chi Hu (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yi Chuang (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active single-ended transmission cable is disclosed. The active single-ended transmission cable allows connection between a first and a second electronic device and comprises a first port, a second port, and a trans...