ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. D1,146,997, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface" was invented by Ian V. Bambao (Pittsburg, Calif.), Taylor Gerard Carrigan (San Francisco), Edward Chao (Palo Alto, Calif.), Kevin Will Chen (Cupertino, Calif.), Benjamin Thomas Christie (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Kaitlyn Emiko Chu (Irvine, Calif.), Caroline J. Crandall (Woodside, Calif.), Diogo Jose Da Silva Valente Soares (Moss Beach, Calif.), Anton Davydov (Gilroy, Calif.), Christopher P. Foss (San Francisco), Jose Adam Mackey (San Jose, Calif.), Wyatt R. Mitchell (San Francisco), Jennifer Patton (Cupertino, Calif.) and Marissa Mei Lee Vergel De...