ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,276, issued on May 13, was assigned to Wacom Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Digital ink processing system, method, and program" was invented by Tsukasa Nomi (Saitama, Japan), Hideki Fujimaki (Saitama, Japan) and Seigo Nishiyama (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital ink processing system, method, and program are provided that are capable of presenting, to a user, useful and highly relevant information as a search result when a search is performed using digital ink. A processor included in a tablet enables a pointing operation of an electronic pen relative to a stroke or strokes. The processor, after enabling the pointi...