ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. D1,155,562, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DK Crown Holdings Inc. (Boston).

"Display screen or portion thereof with a transitional graphical user interface" was invented by Jason March (Las Vegas), Justin Robert Huxley (Las Vegas), Kyle Morris (Las Vegas), Ian McIntyre (Redmond, Wash.), Steven Malone Markey (Seattle), Sherry Jeanne Kuchera (Oak Grove, Ore.), Daniel Allen Bell (Mesa, Ariz.), Long Tran (Kirkland, Wash.), Hannah Wertz (West Henrietta, N.Y.), Thomas Hamilton (Livonia, Mich.), Alec Victoria Wolf (Port Orchard, Wash.), Heather Marie Nesheim (Beaverton, Ore.), Tami Jaderlund (Redmond, Wash.), Kathryn Louise Morris (West Branch, Mich.), Bret Graham (Bowen Island, Calif.) and...