ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,029, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Power management device and electronic device including the same" was invented by Hyunseok Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minshik Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Daehan Yu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management device includes a main power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and at least one sub PMIC that communicates with the main PMIC through a dedicated pin. The main PMIC includes a first pin, enables first functions associated with a first initial operation based on a battery voltage during a stand...