ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,895, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Input device" was invented by Megan M. Sapp (San Francisco), Brian T. Gleeson (Mountain View, Calif.), Steven J. Taylor (San Jose, Calif.), David H. Bloom (San Francisco), Miao He (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Seung Wook Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Evangelos Christodoulou (Santa Clara, Calif.), Kristi E. Bauerly (Los Altos, Calif.), Geng Luo (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Bart K. Andre (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system can include an input device having a housing defining an internal volume. The housing can include a grip portion and a base porti...