ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,833, issued on Sept. 9.

"System for automated estate document generation and updating to enable trustee, executor, and power of attorney services for childfree people" was invented by Jay Zigmont (Mount Juliet, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include receiving a first set of information relating to a childfree individual; generating a digital document based on the first set of information; storing the digital document in a database; periodically communicating a notification to a device of the childfree individual; receiving a second set of information in response to the notification; modifying the digital document ...