ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,470, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interface for displaying and managing widgets" was invented by Edward Chao (Palo Alto, Calif.), Taylor G. Carrigan (San Francisco), Jules K. Fennis (Seattle), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco), I-Cheng A. Lee (Cupertino, Calif.) and Jennifer D. Patton (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to displaying widgets, managing widgets, and navigating user interfaces."

The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2023, under Application No. 18/373,200.

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