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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Applicant:
Yohko A. Kelley, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventor:
Yohko A. Kelley, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 17/211 (2013.01);
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an object may be utilized to define, communicate, and/or control a spatial relationship between at least two other objects. Such an object may be somewhat analogous to a spring in that a minimum margin between the two other objects may be defined to allow the two other objects to approach one another until the minimum margin is reached, and a flexible margin may allow movement of the two other objects within the flexible margin relative to each other, optionally up to a maximum distance of separation.