ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,154, issued on April 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"User interfaces integrating hardware buttons" was invented by Adrian Zumbrunnen (San Francisco), Johnnie B. Manzari (San Francisco), James N. Jones (San Francisco), Jennifer A. Laplaca (Redwood City, Calif.), Ramon Gilabert Llop (Barcelona, Spain), Craig M. Federighi (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Nathan M. Paczan (Kirkland, Wash.), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco), Jamie L. Myrold (Chicago), William A. Sorrentino III (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Nathan De Vries (Alameda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "User interfaces integrating variable hardware inputs ar...