ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,063, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Power supply circuit and electronic device comprising same" was invented by Taewoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sehyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngmi Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Woong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a battery, a power supply circuit electrically connected to the battery and configured to charge the battery, a processor controlling the power supply circuit, wherein the processor, when a cable of a charger for charging...