ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,048, issued on May 13, was assigned to Koss Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Wooden or other dielectric capacitive touch interface and loudspeaker having same" was invented by Michael J. Koss (Milwaukee), Michael J. Pelland (Princeton, Wis.) and Nicholas Blair (Whitefish, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless-enabled loudspeaker includes a capacitive touch user interface. The loudspeaker may comprise at least one electroacoustic transducer, a processor in communication with the at least one electroacoustic transducer, and an exterior surface comprising a capacitive touch user interface that allows a user to control operation of the loudspe...