ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,742, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for supporting fast battery charging" was invented by Kyungmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongzo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Mincheol Ha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yunjeong Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Keyic Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes an authentication circuit, power supply circuits, and a control circuit connected to the authentication circuit and the power supply circuits. Each of the power supply circuits includes a coil...