ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,205, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Walking assistance method and apparatuses" was invented by Jun-Won Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A walking assistance apparatus is configured to adaptively control at least one of a length or a stiffness based on a gait motion of a user to assist an upper body of the user."

The patent was filed on May 11, 2021, under Application No. 17/317,108.

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