ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,706, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Handheld electronic device with rear-facing flash" was invented by Matthew D. Hill (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael W. Firka (Santa Clara, Calif.), Nicholas D. Rath (Cupertino, Calif.), Douglas G. Fournier (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew P. Rao (Massapequa Park, N.Y.), Benjamin J. Pope (Woodside, Calif.), James A. Bertin (Saratoga, Calif.), David A. Hurrell (San Mateo, Calif.), Jonathan Gomez Garcia (Cupertino, Calif.), Blake M. Coughenour (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Angelo M. Alaimo (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Jeremy D. Bataillou (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "...