ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,056, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dongguan Yuanpu Technology Co. Ltd (Dongguan City, China).

"Touch-sensitive key protective film, mobile phone shell, and protective film sticking device" was invented by Yaxing Peng (Dongguan, China), Wei Jiang (Dongguan, China) and Ying Chen (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a touch-sensitive key protective film, a mobile phone shell, and a protective film sticking device. The touch-sensitive key protective film is stuck to an end face of a touch-sensitive key disposed on a side edge of the mobile phone. The touch-sensitive key protective film is...