ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,950, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device capable of being held in landscape and portrait directions, and electronic device cover" was invented by Sangyup Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunwoo Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Huijun Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangjae Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jiwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device capable of being held in both a landscape and a portrait direction, and an electronic device cover for holding the electronic device in landscape and portrait directions, is provided....