ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,203, issued on May 13, was assigned to MIXED IN KEY LLC (Miami).

"Apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium for generating musical pieces" was invented by Yakov Vorobyev (Miami), Louis Ng (Alhambra, Calif.), Michael Cupino (Miami), Matthew Donner (Davis, Calif.) and John Batka (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium that generate a harmonized musical piece. The method includes receiving a chord selection including a musical key and a scale selection, generating, within a digital audio work session, a chord progression sequence based on the received chord selection...