US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 11 for "Electronic device having a biometric input system including a composite cover element" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,932, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device having a biometric input system including a composite cover element" was invented by Andrew Deng (San Jose, Calif.), Timothy D. Koch (San Jose, Calif.), Hui-Shan Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Andrew W. Joyce (San Jose, Calif.), Henry H. Yang (Cupertino, Calif.), Ran Xu (Cupertino, Calif.), Patrick E. O'Brien (Pleasanton, Calif.), Yu Hsuan Chao (New Taipei, Taiwan), Dale Setlak (Merritt Island, Fla.) and Giovanni Gozzini (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biometric input system for an electronic device is provided. The biometric input...