ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,032, issued on March 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Handheld electronic device" was invented by Ethan R. Stobbe (Cupertino, Calif.), Cameron Bauer (Cupertino, Calif.), Samuel J. Pliska (Cupertino, Calif.), Macey E. Dade (Cupertino, Calif.), Baris Ozgen (Mountain View, Calif.), Lee E. Hooton (Massapequa, N.Y.), Benjamin S. Bustle (Cupertino, Calif.), Jason M. Gillier (Cupertino, Calif.), Stoyan P. Hristov (San Jose, Calif.), Anthony B. Sinclair (Cupertino, Calif.), Nicholas Merz (San Francisco), Daniel Jarvis (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Ian A. Spraggs (San Francisco), Mitchell T. Hoertz (San Francisco), Michael D. Quinones (Campbell, Calif.), David A. Pakula (San Fr...