ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,250, issued on March 11, was assigned to STEELSERIES ApS (Copenhagen, Denmark).

"Graphical user interface and parametric equalizer in gaming systems" was invented by Jeffrey Nicholas Mahlmeister (Glenview, Ill.), Simon Duffy (Chicago), Battsengel Lopez (Copenhagen, Denmark), Michael John Lelli (Chicago) and Damien Kevin Granger (Lille, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a gaming system that cooperates with a graphical user interface to enable user modification and enhancement of one or more audio streams associated with the gaming system. In embodiments, ...