ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,823, issued on April 21.

"Humanoid android" was invented by Victoria Hewitt (Upper Marlboro, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humanoid android including a head assembly, an upper body assembly, and a legs assembly mimicking human movements. The head assembly and the legs assembly are attached to the upper body assembly resembling a human body. The humanoid android further comprises a skin assembly including a skin that can be of different colors to resemble humans of different ethnicities. The human android further has a processor unit programmed to learn mimicking human movements."

The patent was filed on April 4, 2024, under ...