ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,433, issued on May 6, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Real-time modifications in augmented reality experiences" was invented by Kevin Yimeng Hong (Los Angeles), Amar Boghani (Los Angeles), Mansoor Basha Patan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Tony Mathew (Los Angeles), Rastan Boroujerdi (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Peng Deng (Playa Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed for generating AR experiences on a messaging platform. The methods and systems establish a shared augmented reality (AR) experience across a plurality of client devices and receive, from a first client device of the plurali...