ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,617, issued on May 5, was assigned to Cochlear Ltd. (Macquarie University, Australia).

"Musical perception of a recipient of an auditory device" was invented by Ivana Popovac (Dee Why, Australia), Alexander von Brasch (Cremorne, Australia), Justin James Gilmour (Camperdown, Australia), Matthew Zygorodimos (Macquarie University, Australia), Rishi Wadhwani (North Ryde, Australia) and James Davies (Macquarie University, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment actions can be taken based on an analysis of the ability of a recipient of an auditory prosthesis to perceive musical activities. The occurrence of musical activities and ...