ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,841, issued on July 15, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Textured film overlay for touch-sensitive displays" was invented by Liam Mccafferty (Dundee, Great Britain), Steven Birnie (Angus, Great Britain) and Roderick George Paterson (Perthshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overlay for a touch-sensitive display. An example overlay includes a substrate defining a substantially smooth area and a textured area wherein the textured area corresponds to a displayed key entry area of the touch-sensitive display."
The patent was filed on May 28, 2014, under Application No. 14/288,425.
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