ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,995, issued on July 8, was assigned to LITE-0N ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) Ltd. (Guangzhou, China) and Lite-On Technology Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Backlight module with two light guide regions and keyboard" was invented by Yi-Wen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input apparatus includes a light guide plate having first and second perpendicular to one another, a first light source, a second light source, a layer, a first group of keycaps and a second group of keycaps. The light guide plate includes first and second light guide regions connected by a first junction. The first and second light sources correspond to the ...