G06F 1/266
Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer
Official title: {Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips}
G06F1/266 (Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer) appears on 3,657 US grants and 4,465 published applications in this corpus.
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