ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,289, issued on April 15, was assigned to EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Touch module and touch screen using same" was invented by Chin-Fu Chang (Taipei, Taiwan), Shang-Tai Yeh (Taipei, Taiwan) and Cheng-Han Lee (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a touch module and a touch screen. The touch module includes a touch panel located on the display module, a main circuit board located outside the casing of the touch screen, a plurality of signal cables connecting the touch panel and the main circuit board, and an equal potential wiring. By setting an equal potential wiring in the ...