ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,907, issued on July 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Handheld electronic device" was invented by Matthew D. Hill (Mountain View, Calif.), Rasamy Phouthavong (San Jose, Calif.), Jun Sik Ham (Sunnyvale, Calif.), James A Bertin (Saratoga, Calif.), Benjamin J. Kallman (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and Sherry Cao (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device may include an enclosure including a front cover defining a front exterior surface, and a display positioned below the front cover and including a set of transparent conductive traces positioned in a graphically active region of the display and...