ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,478, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Shopify Inc. (Ottawa).

"System and method for manipulation of 3D objects in electronic user interfaces" was invented by Russ Maschmeyer (Berkeley, Calif.) and Hettige Ray Perera Jayatunga (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for displaying objects in electronic user interfaces. The method includes receiving, via a user interface, a first input defining a manipulation to be applied to a three-dimensional (3D) object corresponding to a two-dimensional (2D) image displayed in the user interface. The method also includes determining an initial positioning of a co...