ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,592, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"3D document editing system" was invented by Seung Wook Kim (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D document editing system and graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a virtual reality and/or augmented reality device and an input device (e.g., keyboard) that implements sensing technology for detecting gestures by a user. Using the system, portions of a document can be placed at or moved to various Z-depths in a 3D virtual space provided by the VR device to provide 3D effects in the document. The sensing technology may allow the user to make ges...