ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,820, issued on March 17, was assigned to HiDeep Inc. (South Korea).

"Touch sensor and touch input device comprising same" was invented by Seyeob Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Bonkee Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention relates to a touch sensor and a touch input device comprising same. The touch sensor according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of driving electrodes each having a shape extending in a first direction and having a plurality of openings arranged along the first direction; and a plurality of reception electrodes comprisi...