US Patent Issued to TOUCH BIOMETRIX on May 13 for "Pointing device with biometric skin-contact sensor, and corresponding method" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,098, issued on May 13, was assigned to TOUCH BIOMETRIX Ltd. (St. Asaph, Great Britain).

"Pointing device with biometric skin-contact sensor, and corresponding method" was invented by Henricus Derckx (St Asaph, Great Britain), Wilhelmus Van Lier (St Asaph, Great Britain) and Michael A. Cowin (St Asaph, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a pointing device for controlling the position of a pointer in a graphical user interface, GUI, of a computer. The device comprises: an operation interface for sensing operation by an operator of the device for controlling the pointer in the GUI, and a biometric skin-conta...