ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. D1,100,263, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Retail store" was invented by Christopher M. Green (Woodside, Calif.), William Joseph Bergeron-Mirsky (Cupertino, Calif.), David Kahl Peschel (San Carlos, Calif.), Katalina Arboleda-Guerrero (Cupertino, Calif.), Nasim Haghighi (San Francisco), Adrian Betanzos Diaz (San Francisco), Joshua E. Becker (Miami), Jonathan P Polido (San Jose, Calif.), Andrew Charles Deffenbaugh (San Francisco), Rebecca M. Cully (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Kully Kraig Mandon (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Andrea Leva (Palo Alto, Calif.), Megan Suyehira (Oakland, Calif.), Stefan Behling (London), David Summerfield (London), James Edwards (London),...