US Patent Issued to Apple on Sept. 30 for "Handheld electronic device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,292, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Handheld electronic device" was invented by Jacob Barton (Campbell, Calif.), Kevin Y. Chung (San Jose, Calif.) and Shayla A. Schoensee (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include an input button assembly including an input member positioned along a side exterior surface of a housing component and defining a first input region proximate a first end of the input member and a second input region proximate a second end of the input member, the input member configured to receive a user input. The input button assembly may furth...