US Patent Issued to Apple on June 24 for "Input device having adjustable input mechanisms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,508, issued on June 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Input device having adjustable input mechanisms" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.), John C. DiFonzo (Cupertino, Calif.), Dayu Qu (Cupertino, Calif.), Zheng Gao (Cupertino, Calif.) and Chang Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an input device having adjustable input mechanisms. The input mechanisms of the input device may be dynamically adjusted based on one or more input characteristics associated with a user. Accordingly, the input device may be customized to fit a user's input preferences."

The patent was...