ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,961, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including side key" was invented by Dongjin Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sunghyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device including a side key is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side part surrounding the space formed between the first surface and the second surface, and a side key coupled to ...