ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,330, issued on July 14.

"Multimedia tombstone device" was invented by Brandon Baran (Toledo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multimedia tombstone device includes a tombstone which is positionable at a gravesite and the tombstone is substantially hollow. A display is integrated into the tombstone wherein the display is configured to be visible to the observers of the gravesite. A multimedia unit is integrated into the tombstone and the multimedia unit stores an obituary of the decedent and digital imagery pertaining to the decedent and a biography of the decedent. The display can display either the obituary or the digital imager...