ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,098, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Sticker search icon providing dynamic previews" was invented by Sergey Smetanin (London), Dor Ayalon (Glasgow, Great Britain), Vladimir Gordienko (London), Roman Golobokov (London), Ivan Babanin (London), Timur Zakirov (London), Nikita Demidov (London), Aleksandr Larionov (London), Anna Kovalenko (London) and Nikita Belosludtcev (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein relate to techniques for facilitating selection of stickers for inclusion in messages within the context of an interaction system. According to some examples, message con...