ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,897, issued on June 16, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Touch sensing devices, sensing devices for recognizing a user's gesture, electronic devices, and devices for detecting a physiological signal" was invented by Yongshuai Yuan (Shenzhen, China), Fengyun Liao (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Qi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensing device may include an air pressure sensor having a hole portion, an interior of the air pressure sensor being in flow communication with an exterior of the air pressure sensor through the hole portion; and a sealing structure being in flow communication with...