ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. D1,076,977, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface" was invented by Guillaume P. Barlier (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Alan C. Dye (San Francisco), Lisa K. Forssell (Palo Alto, Calif.), Joseph D. Gardner (San Francisco), Aurelio Guzman (San Jose, Calif.), Jason D. Rickwald (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Christopher J. Romney (San Francisco), Nicolas V. Scapel (London) and Christopher I. Wilson (San Francisco).

The patent was filed on July 15, 2024, under Application No. D/952,248.

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