ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,510, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Black Hills IP Holdings LLC (Minneapolis).

"Method and apparatus for generating a document and data processing" was invented by Steven W. Lundberg (Edina, Minn.) and Elliott M. Higgins (Vadnais Heights, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for generating a document and data processing are described herein. An indication of an application number is received. An indication of a document template type is received. Data is received from a repository. A selection of a customer is received. Elements are extracted from the data that is useful for assembling a document. A docum...