US 11,775,086 B2
Stylus nib design and accuracy improvement
Eliyahu Barel, Rosh HaAyin (IL)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/640,314
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/049295
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/046281, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19195507 (EP), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334661 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/03546 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/0441 (2019.05); G06F 3/0442 (2019.05); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stylus comprising:
a housing; and
a single-unit nib portion configured to be attached to the housing and to extend out from the housing,
wherein the nib portion comprises a conductive tip electrode and a conductive ring electrode at least partially surrounding the tip electrode and electrically isolated from the tip electrode, and
wherein the tip electrode and the ring electrode are integrated into a molded structure of the nib portion.