ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,335, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION INC. (Pensacola, Fla.).

"Underwater eye tracking system and method" was invented by Connor Tate (Pensacola, Fla.), Savannah Richardson (Pensacola, Fla.), Jeffrey Phillips (Pensacola, Fla.), Timothy Hutcheson (Pensacola, Fla.) and Kody Coleman (Pensacola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method wherein a face mounted eye-tracking system is mounted in a dive mask. The mask mounted occulometric system has a novel configuration and enclosure to provide in situ occulometrics and neurological assessment."

The patent was filed on Aug. ...