ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,195, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Methods and system for managing actions within an electronic data file" was invented by Michaela M. Guerrera (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic file management system includes a cloud information manager that enables one or more operators to insert fields into electronic files, such as a document, that requires action on behalf of a user of the management system. A time limit is set to complete the action. A timer is set by the cloud information manager to complete the action. The cloud information manager also sends n...