ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,620, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices including an indicium with a thermal conduit" was invented by Andrew N. Peterman (San Francisco), Brian M. Gable (Monte Sereno, Calif.), Carlo Catalano (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Dennis T. Mo (San Jose, Calif.), Eric W. Hamann (Cedar Park, Texas), Erik A. Uttermann (San Francisco), James A. Stryker Sr. (Campbell, Calif.), Manojkumar K. Singh (Cupertino, Calif.), Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram (Los Gatos, Calif.), Sachin Kasetti (San Francisco) and William A. Counts (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indicium (e.g., logo) for an electronic ...