US Patent Issued to Backbone Labs on April 29 for "Dynamically changing button indicia for a game controller" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,676, issued on April 29, was assigned to Backbone Labs Inc. (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Dynamically changing button indicia for a game controller" was invented by Ozhan Maker (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming device that includes a handheld controller having a handle and a depressible button on the handle configured to receive user input. The depressible button includes a first marking layer including a first indicia, a first light source configured to illuminate the first indicia in the first marking layer, a second marking layer stacked with the first marking layer and including a second indicia, and a second light source ...