ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,802, issued on July 15, was assigned to Nagravision Sarl (Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Haptic feedback device and haptic feedback method" was invented by Estelle Kudelski (Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic feedback device that includes an input unit for receiving remote object data, at least one feedback surface arranged to be touched or sensed by a user, at least one haptic actuator arranged for providing a change on the feedback surface, and a control unit that is connected to the input unit to receive the remote object data, connected to the haptic actuator, and arranged to control...