ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,375, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Altoida Inc. (Washington).

"Apparatus, method and computer program for providing information relating to a cognitive state of an individual" was invented by Maximilian Bugler (Schechen, Germany), Robbert Harms (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Ioannis Tarnanas (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for providing information relating to a cognitive state of a first individual. The apparatus comprises a measurement unit operable to measure the first individual's hand movement in a personal axis, the personal axis being an axis from the hand to the first individual. The appar...