US Patent Issued to Atmel on June 3 for "Base assemblies for knob on display devices and related systems, methods, and devices" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,203, issued on June 3, was assigned to Atmel Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Base assemblies for knob on display devices and related systems, methods, and devices" was invented by Nigel Hinson (Lymington, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Knob on display (KoD) devices and related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed. A KoD device includes at least one electrode including an electrically conductive material. The KoD device also includes a base assembly configured to be positioned between a touch screen of a touch screen device and the at least one electrode. The at least one electrode is configured to be positioned in engag...