ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,941, issued on July 22, was assigned to KIDS II HAPE JOINT VENTURE Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Toys with capacitive touch features" was invented by Bradford Reese (Decatur, Ga.), Henrik Johansson (Dagang Industrial, China), Adam Shillito (Dagang Industrial, China), Tsz Kin Ho (Hong Kong), Neil Ni (Dagang Industrial, China), Chun Chung Yeung (Hong Kong) and Qi He (ZhongShan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A children's toy with touch interactivity. The children's toy generally includes a user input panel and one or more touch sensors. The user input panel may be formed from a natural organic material such as wood. The toy can be ...