ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,708, issued on March 4, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Selectable item including a customized graphic for an electronic messaging application" was invented by Jeremy Voss (Los Angeles), Matthew Colin Grantham (Toronto) and Dylan Shane Eirinberg (Venice, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of causing a selectable item including customized graphic for electronic messaging application starts with a processor generating customized graphics based on user identifiers for a first, a second, and a third client device. Processor causes a communication list interface that includes a group selectable item to be disp...