ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,965, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Touch pad and sensing module thereof" was invented by Che-Chia Hsu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Hui-Chen Hsu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Yu-Han Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch pad and a sensing module thereof are provided. The sensing module defines an annular signal channel along a thickness direction. The sensing module includes a grounding layer and an electrode layer located at one side of the grounding layer. The electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of metal pad...