ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,969, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Head-mounted electronic device with magnification tool" was invented by Daniel M Golden (Sunnyvale, Calif.), John M Nefulda (Oakville, Canada), Joaquim Goncalo Lobo Ferreira da Silva (San Jose, Calif.), Anuj Bhatnagar (San Jose, Calif.), Mark A Ebbole (San Francisco), Andrew A Haas (Cupertino, Calif.), Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Colin D Munro (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted device is provided that includes displays configured to display an image and to simultaneously display a magnifying window that presen...