ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,382, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canva Pty Ltd (Surry Hills, Australia).

"System and method for document analysis of a design document having design elements" was invented by Declan Robin Vong (Sydney), Michelle Munn Wai Seeto (Five Dock, Australia), Desiree Isabelle Surjadi (Ashfield, Australia), Suganth Sengottuvelappan (Sydney) and Cayden Joel Meyer (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method includes displaying a design creation user interface operable by a user to create or edit a design document comprising a plurality of design elements. Data identifying each of the plurality of design elements an...