ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,852, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hart InterCivic Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Electronic systems, devices and methods for displaying paper documents" was invented by Drew E. Tinney (Austin, Texas), James M. Canter (Austin, Texas) and Jennifer S. Moreci (Pflugerville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides various embodiments of electronic devices, electronic voting systems and methods of voting that enable paper documents to be displayed "under glass" for user review. In the embodiments disclosed herein, a paper viewing area is provided within an electronic device or electronic voting system for tempo...