ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,594, issued on June 23.

"System and method for facilitating direct settlement negotiations between injury claimants and insurance companies" was invented by Wayne Allan Miller (Land O'Lakes, Fla.) and Bruce Wayne Miller (Land O'Lakes, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for facilitating direct settlement negotiations between injury claimants and insurance companies via a mobile application. The system verifies whether a claimant has legal representation, collects personal and incident information, and transmits the data to the appropriate insurance company. The system optionally uses an artificial in...