ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,675, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to WORKSTORM.COM LLC (Chicago).

"Managed folders" was invented by Raj Fernando (Chicago), Anatoliy Yudovich (Riverwoods, Ill.), Michael Barry (Chicago), Nicholas Stech (Chicago) and Harris Dinga (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for managing folders. An embodiment includes a database and a messaging server. The messaging server generates a folder management graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a plurality of input fields for receiving commands. The messaging server and the folder management GUI receive a comm...