ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,357, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, for interacting with graphical user interfaces" was invented by Giancarlo Yerkes (San Francisco), Allison W. Dryer (Tiburon, Calif.), Gregory Lutter (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Brian W. Temple (Santa Clara, Calif.), Devin W. Chalmers (Oakland, Calif.), Luis R. Deliz Centeno (Fremont, Calif.), Anshu K. Chimalamarri (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Nahckjoon Kim (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jessica Trinh (Oakland, Calif.) and Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, the present disclosure includes techniques and user inter...