ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,298, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Stylus for electronic devices" was invented by Aidan N. Zimmerman (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Wingshan Wong (Mountain View, Calif.), Kevin Armendariz (San Francisco), Nathan Bohney (Campbell, Calif.), Christopher Pasma (Mountain View, Calif.), Mahmoud Amini (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Brenton A. Baugh (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) and Ryan P. Brooks (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected usi...