ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,744, issued on May 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Handheld electronic device" was invented by David A. Hurrell (San Mateo, Calif.), Gregory N. Stephens (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Isabel Yang (San Jose, Calif.), John J. Baker (Santa Clara, Calif.), Sherry Lee (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew D. Hill (Mountain View, Calif.), Obinna Onyemepu (Cupertino, Calif.), Douglas G. Fournier (San Jose, Calif.), Benjamin J. Pope (Woodside, Calif.), Michael W. Firka (Santa Clara, Calif.), Griffin L. Schmitt (San Francisco), Arun R. Varma (San Jose, Calif.) and Robert Hrabchak (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile phone may i...