ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,377, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. (San Diego).
"Mouse device having button with plurality of touch zones" was invented by Thaddaeus Erasmus Georg Richard Tetzner (Hamburg, Germany), Chih Wei Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan), Yi-Chieh Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan), Ying Chieh Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chieh Hua Yuan (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a mouse device that includes with a plurality of touch areas on one or more mouse buttons. The mouse device includes a touch panel, a press switch, a button cover and a control panel. The touch panel triggers a corresponding touc...