ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,397, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Adobe Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Automatically generating axes for data visualizations including data bound objects" was invented by Bernard Kerr (Sausalito, Calif.), Dmytro Baranovskiy (Sydney) and Corey Lucier (Berryville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are disclosed for generating a data-bound axis for a data visualization. In some embodiments, a method of generating a data-bound axis for a data visualization includes receiving a data set and generating a chart including a plurality of graphic objects based on the data set and a visual property of the plurality of graphic obje...