ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,427, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Portable electronic charging case with a compact design and advanced functionality" was invented by Ming-Tsung Su (Taipei City, Taiwan), Hao-Hsiu Huang (Taipei City, Taiwan), Miroslav Samardzija (Mountain View, Calif.), Crystal Wai (Redwood City, Calif.), Shu Chun Shen (Taipei City, Taiwan), Hsiangyin Cheng (Taipei City, Taiwan), Richard Chang (Los Altos, Calif.), Liem Hieu Dinh Vo (San Jose, Calif.) and Meng-Jung Chuang (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic charging case, with a compact form-factor, such as for a smart r...