ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,204, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to UCES Worldwide Inc. (Berkeley Heights, N.J.).

"Electronic document execution system" was invented by Micah Riskin (Berkeley Heights, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic document execution system enables users to complete, validate, and manage static electronic documents while preserving immutability of the underlying files. A server receives a static document in a read only format and stores it in a write-protected file store. A client device renders the document within a viewport and allows users to create overlay entry objects at coordinate locations without modifying the document...