ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,088, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Computer systems with handheld controllers" was invented by Stephen E Dey (Capitola, Calif.), Erin M Bosch (San Jose, Calif.), Yuhao Pan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Ian P Colahan (San Jose, Calif.) and Christopher K Ewy (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may include a touch sensor for g...