ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,002, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Associating chronology with physical article" was invented by Devin W. Chalmers (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for associating chronology with a physical article. In some implementations, a device includes a display, one or more processors, and a memory. The method may include presenting an environment comprising a representation of a physical article. An amount of time since a previous event associated with the physical article may be monitored. An indicator of the amo...