ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,610, issued on Aug. 26.
"Inertial scrolling method and apparatus" was invented by Viktor Kaptelinin (Hornefors, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention teaches inertial scrolling method and apparatus, according to which the distance, for which the content of a display window scrolls as a result of an inertial scrolling user action, is limited to substantially the distance between (a) the point or area of the display window, which is contacted, or pointed at, by the user when an inertial scrolling is initiated and (b) the border of the display window in the direction of the scrolling. According to an embodiment of ...