ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,875, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with three-dimensional environments" was invented by Jonathan R. Dascola (San Francisco), Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.), Israel Pastrana Vicente (Spring, Texas), Peter D. Anton (Portola Valley, Calif.), Kristi E.S. Bauerly (Los Altos, Calif.) and Alan C. Dye (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system displays a first view of a three-dimensional environment, including a first and second user interface objects at distinct first and second positions. While displaying the fir...