ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,672, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Funderworks LLC (Stamford, Conn.).

"Systems and methods for generating customized avatars and customized online portals" was invented by Michael Borchetta (Stamford, Conn.), Michael Frank (New Canaan, Conn.), Michael Donnarumma (Quogue, N.Y.) and Karen Phillips (Falmouth, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some embodiments, a system facilitates the generation of a customized fundraising campaign for an organization by providing mechanisms via which an organizer can set terms of the fundraising campaign and allow participants of the campaign to create customized avatars fo...