ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,440, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Information handling system touch function row with secondary display and coordinated presentation on main display" was invented by Brandon J. Brocklesby (Pflugerville, Texas), Nicholas G. DiLoreto (Georgetown, Texas), James D. Trim (Pflugerville, Texas), Chiu-Jung Tsen (Zhubei, Taiwan), Gregory J. Baluch (Austin, Texas), Hsu-Feng Lee (Taipei, Taiwan) and Joseph D. McDonald (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable information handling system includes a touch function row between a keyboard and a display that accepts touches at plural locati...