ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,446, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Canva Pty Ltd (Surry Hills, Australia).

"Digital video production systems and methods" was invented by Michael Evans (Darlinghurst, Australia), Jessica Faccin (Rockdale, Australia) and Cameron Adams (Rozelle, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a computer implemented method. The method includes displaying, on a display, a scene timeline including a time-ordered sequence of scene previews, each scene preview corresponding to a scene of a video production and having a display width that provides a visual indication of a duration of that scene. The method further includes ...