Optibrium, a leading developer of software and AI solutions for molecular design, today announced a new QuanSA ™ plugin for PyMOL, providing an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) for its ...

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new guidance[1] (the “Guidance”) that updates prior USPTO practice guidelines for the examination of design patent ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has increased flexibility in how ornamental designs for computer-generated interfaces or icons, e.g., GUI designs, are presented in design patent ...

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A GUI is essentially the "face" of your software. It’s the visual layer that allows us mere mortals to interact with a computer using buttons, menus, and icons rather than typing cryptic commands into ...

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...

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Once upon a time, the portal concept promised to give every user a personalized view. Finally, the promise of a web where the user was also the controller could be realized. That didn’t quite work out ...

In the digital world, the user interface is the medium of communication. It is the surface at which humans interact with the functionalities provided by machines—whether hardware or software. As such, ...