ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,037, issued on Nov. 4.
"Copying and pasting directly between devices" was invented by Robert Buergi (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for copying and pasting data directly between devices. A source device may receive a selection of data from a user. The data may be available for pasting at an end user destination device within a particular duration of time. The source device may indicate to the end user destination device that data is available from the source device. The indication may include the data's type or an indication that the data is compatible with one or more applications. ...