ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,945, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Adobe Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Utilizing modularized action blocks in a graphical user interface to generate digital images with custom modifications" was invented by Holger Winnemoeller (Seattle) and Blake Williford (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for using modularized digital editing action blocks in a graphical user interface to generate and apply a variety of advanced modifications to a digital image. The disclosed systems can categorize the digital editing action blocks in...