ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,381, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for customizing graphical objects" was invented by Christian X. Dalonzo (San Francisco) and Patrick L. Coffman (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a virtual keyboard, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of selectable representations of a plurality of graphical objects. In some embodiments, the electronic device receives a user input selecting a first selectable representation of a first graphical object, wherein the first graphical object is associated with a first customi...