ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,746, issued on May 6, was assigned to ACCO BRANDS Corp. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Mobile game controller and full feature game controller combination device" was invented by Jason A. Biheller (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Dalin Cienfuegos (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Stephen Mitchell (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Adam Noce (Lake Zurich, Ill.) and Ulises Gonzalez (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a first unit and a second unit. The first unit may include a first body that has a controller interface that is operatively connected to one or more processors disposed in the first body and configured to operatively connect to a gamin...