ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,747, issued on June 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects" was invented by Chase B. Lortie (San Francisco), Daniel J. Brewer (Redwood City, Calif.) and Julian K. Shutzberg (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment."

The patent was filed on July 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/780,399.

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