ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,606, issued on July 7, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Integration between messaging systems and collaborative applications" was invented by Stephen M. Lottermoser (San Jose, Calif.), Alejandro A. Rodriguez (Saratoga, Calif.), Alexandre S. Lacour (San Francisco), Charles Circlaeys (San Francisco), Craig M. Federighi (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Delfina Jovanovska (San Francisco), Devin O. Clary (Scotts Valley, Calif.), Elana L Stettin (San Francisco), Elliot A. Barer (Santa Clara, Calif.), Jae Woo Chang (Cupertino, Calif.), Johannes B. Fortmann (Oakland, Calif.), Miranda J. Zhou (San Jose, Calif.), Nihar Sharma (Detroit), Pierre J. De Filippis (Los Gatos, Calif.), Ri...