ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,022, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Power over ethernet system, related method and related apparatus" was invented by Deyang Hua (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a power over Ethernet system, including: at least one network port module, configured to achieve power over Ethernet or receive electric energy provided by Ethernet; a power supply module, configured to acquire the electric energy; a power consumption module, configured to act as a load component using the electric energy; and at least one integrated power suppl...