US Patent Issued to Balboa Water Group on Jan. 20 for "Bathing installation user interface panel with large active display area" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,440, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Balboa Water Group LLC (San Diego).

"Bathing installation user interface panel with large active display area" was invented by Graham J. Campbell (Irvine, Calif.) and Steven Kuo (Chino Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of a user interface display panel includes a top or cover glass layer which extends to the perimeter of the panel housing. A touch-sensitive display layer is adhered to the bottom surface of cover glass layer to form a touch sensitive display assembly. In exemplary embodiments, the arrangement results in an active touch-sensitive display area si...