ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,014, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DEXIN Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Mouse device" was invented by Ho-Lung Lu (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chin-Lung Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Yen-Cheng Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouse device is provided. The mouse device includes a battery module, a casing, and a control circuit. The battery module includes a first connection interface. The casing includes a second connection interface. The control circuit is disposed inside the casing and is electrically connected to the second connection interface. The battery module is detachably mated with the second connection interf...