US Patent Issued to Adaptam on Sept. 22 for "Method and system for improved visualization of charts in spreadsheets" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,824, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Adaptam Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method and system for improved visualization of charts in spreadsheets" was invented by Robert E. Dvorak (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed improves the creation, modification and presentation of spreadsheet charts. The technology makes creating charts from non-contiguous data, i.e., data requiring more than one non-contiguous ranges, easy and intuitive for users. Instead of placing the inputs in pop-ups, drop-downs and/or sidebars employing ribbons and other steps, the inputs are placed on the desired chart proxi...