ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,456, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Emissive surfaces and workspaces method and apparatus" was invented by Mark A. Baloga (East Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conferencing arrangement for sharing information within a conference space, the arrangement comprising a common presentation surface including a presentation surface area, a common presentation surface driver, a system processor linked to the driver and receiving and presenting the information content via the common presentation surface and a portable user interface device including a device display screen and a d...