ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,242, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling transmission power according to whether display is extended in electronic device comprising grip sensor" was invented by Gwangho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongah Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heewoong Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihyuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghan Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeongho Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing; a fl...