US Patent Issued to Canva on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for applying effects to design elements" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,831, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Canva Pty Ltd (Surry Hills, Australia).

"Systems and methods for applying effects to design elements" was invented by Declan Robin Vong (Sydney), Matthew David Anderson (Sydney), Lynneal Jia Santos (Sydney) and Jesse James Walker (Petersham, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a computer implemented method. The method includes detecting user input activating a text effect selection control. In response to the user input the method further includes automatically determining a selected design element, the selected design element being a text element displayed on a page;...