ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,401, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Housing structure for handheld electronic device" was invented by John K. Queeney (Mountain View, Calif.), James A. Stryker (San Francisco), Jeremy Hill (Cupertino, Calif.), Kienan D. McCarty (Cupertino, Calif.), Lee B. Hamstra (Mountain View, Calif.), Tavys Q. Ashcroft (San Jose, Calif.) and Trevor M. Cardiff (San Ramon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tablet computing system may include a housing member defining a first portion of a back exterior surface of the tablet computer, at least a portion of a side exterior surface of the tablet computer, a rai...