ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,860, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Changing tinting levels of one or more displays" was invented by Devin W. Chalmers (Oakland, Calif.), Rahul Nair (Hayward, Calif.), Manuel C. Clement (Felton, Calif.), William D. Lindmeier (San Francisco), Luis R. Deliz Centeno (Fremont, Calif.), Giancarlo Yerkes (San Francisco), David H. Bloom (San Francisco) and Thomas S. Hulbert (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This relates generally to systems and methods for changing tinting levels of one or more displays, and more particularly to changing tinting levels of one or more displays of an electr...