ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,366, issued on July 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic apparatus" was invented by Akinori Inagaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic apparatus includes a first exterior member, and a second exterior member made of a material softer than that of the first exterior member and held by the first exterior member. A plurality of main convex portions are formed on a surface of the second exterior member. A plurality of sub convex portions each having a smaller shape than that of each of the main convex portions are formed on a surface of at least part of the plurality of main convex portions."

The patent w...