ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,877, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon (New York).

"Electronic document collaboration systems and methods" was invented by Jeffrey Hassan (South Orange, N.J.), Rafal Sitkowski (Watchung, N.J.), Hood Qaim-Maqami (Montclair, N.J.), Carl Albert Johnson (Yardley, Pa.) and Liza D. Antignani (Staten Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic document collaboration systems and methods includes one or more processors, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions. The machine readable instructions cause the system to access an el...