ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,000, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Canva Pty Ltd (Surry Hills, Australia).

"Systems and methods for processing designs" was invented by Sam Luke Fancourt Parkinson (Surry Hills, Australia), Shayan Harrish Rasaratnam (Surry Hills, Australia) and Xavier O'Rourke (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a computer implemented method for generating a set of replacement design elements based on a set of source fills and a destination element. The method includes selecting a set of grid arrangements, each grid arrangement defining a set of grid sections; calculating a final grid arrangement score for each grid arrang...