ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,841, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Handheld electronic device" was invented by Matthew R. McGuire (Santa Clara, Calif.), Tieler A. Callazo (San Francisco), Samuel J. Pliska (San Francisco), Juliette L. Paige (San Francisco), Michael D. Quinones (Campbell, Calif.) and Nicholas G. Merz (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile phone may include an enclosure including a housing component and a front cover coupled to the housing component and defining a front exterior surface of the mobile phone. The mobile phone may further include a display positioned below the front cover and a sen...