ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,978, issued on April 7, was assigned to Docusign Inc. (San Francisco).

"Document workflows in a document management system" was invented by Carlos Manuel Garrido (Geneva, Ill.), Andre Makram (Newcastle, Wash.), Mohamed Gomaa (Seattle), John Jason Leahy (Chicago), Reetika Jain (Chicago), Hailey Veronica Dhanens (San Antonio), Praveen Alluri (Aurora, Ill.), Sean Smith (Foster City, Calif.), Jeremy Michael Turinetti (Chicago), Dunja Hadzimusic (Chicago), Ikwuagwu Emole (Seattle), Deepinder Badesha (Union City, Calif.), Dania Michele Marinshaw (Chicago), Megan Elizabeth Schwarz (Chicago), Michelle Lam (Los Angeles), Chadwick Taylor Roffey (Pacifica, Calif.), Kyle Anthony Uhelski (Soqu...