ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,672, issued on July 8, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Methods for adjusting and/or controlling immersion associated with user interfaces" was invented by Ieyuki Kawashima (Pleasanton, Calif.), Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.), William A. Sorrentino III (Kentfield, Calif.), Jeffrey M. Faulkner (Sisters, Ore.), Israel Pastrana Vicente (Spring, Texas), Gary Ian Butcher (Los Gatos, Calif.), Kristi E. Bauerly (Los Altos, Calif.), Shih-Sang Chiu (San Francisco), Benjamin Hunter Boesel (Jackson, Wyo.), David H. Huang (San Mateo, Calif.), Dorian D. Dargan (San Ramon, Calif.) and Alan C. Dye (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Tra...