ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,495, issued on March 25, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Curved surface virtual scrolling devices and button constructs" was invented by Jason Scott Morrison (Chadron, Neb.) and Yi-Ming Chou (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a new and innovative button construct include a curved button, a flexible printed circuit, and a frame. The curved button has a first, exterior side configured to be contacted by a user, and a second, interior side opposite the first, exterior side. The flexible printed circuit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least on...