ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,846, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Magnetically attachable gaming accessory" was invented by Fiona P. O'Leary (Mountain View, Calif.), Mylene E. Dreyer (San Francisco), Jonathan A. Topf (San Francisco), Julian K. Missig (Burlingame, Calif.), Ian P. Colahan (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Marisa R. Lu (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Accessories that can improve a specific functionality of an electronic device, can readily attach to an electronic device, can be easy to use, and can have a small and efficient form factor. One example can provide a gaming accessory that can improve the gam...