ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,215, issued on May 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Mountable tool computer input" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.), Dinesh C. Mathew (San Francisco) and John S. Camp (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computing systems and input devices can include a chassis with a computing device and an input tool with a sensor, such as a pen- or rod-like input tool, that can be positioned relative to the chassis in multiple configurations. In one configuration, the tool can be spaced away from the chassis and its sensor output can cause a first output signal in response to input provided to the senso...