US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Sept. 30 for "Application window preview panels" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,020, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Application window preview panels" was invented by Matthias Baer (Seattle), Bryan K. Mamaril (Seattle), Isaiah Ng (Bellevue, Wash.), Garner B. Thomas (Kenmore, Wash.), Cassandra M. April (Seattle), Richard Fang (Bellevue, Wash.) and Matthew I. Worley (Issaquah, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for modifying a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display screens electronically coupled to the system. The processor can also detect a first gesture corresponding to an application window d...