ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,364, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Haptics and sensing systems for an input device" was invented by Nuno Miguel Pereira dos Anjos Valverde (Bandon, Ireland), Florent Berney (Echallens, Switzerland), James O'Connor (Cork, Ireland), Cyril Yves Anthony Drezet (Dommartin, Switzerland) and Vasco Eugenio Michele Foletti (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a computer mouse comprises a housing, a depressible keyplate disposed within the housing, a carrier platform including a top side and disposed within the housing, a haptic element coupled to a top s...