ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,428, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces for device controls" was invented by Yoonju Han (San Francisco), Joanna Arreaza-Taylor (Seattle), Hannah G. Coleman (Albuquerque, N.M.), Elizabeth C. Cranfill (San Francisco), Christopher B. Fleizach (Gilroy, Calif.), Charles Maalouf (Seattle), Tu K. Nguyen (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Jennifer D. Patton (Cupertino, Calif.), James N. Cartwright (Campbell, Calif.), Jeremiah R. Johnson (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Ibrahim Yusuf (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to displaying user interfaces with devi...