ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,971, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"User interfaces related to signed clinical data" was invented by Matthew W. Crowley (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Kristin M. Canavan (San Francisco), Nicholas D. Felton (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Eamon F. Gilravi (San Francisco), Christopher D. Lauritzen (San Francisco), Thomas J. Miller (San Jose, Calif.) and Charmian B. Naguit (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for viewing and managing signed clinical records. In some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for adding a signed clinical record t...