ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,706, issued on March 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for three-dimensional preview of objects" was invented by David A. Lipton (San Mateo, Calif.), Ryan S. Burgoyne (Lyons, Colo.), Michelle Chua (Seattle), Zachary Z. Becker (Kirkland, Wash.), Karen N. Wong (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Eric G. Thivierge (Merchantville, N.J.), Mahdi Nabiyouni (Emeryville, Calif.), Eric Chiu (San Jose, Calif.) and Tyler L. Casella (Martinez, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional preview of content can be generated and presented at an electronic device in a three-dimensional e...