ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,504, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MASTERCONTROL SOLUTIONS INC. (Salt Lake City).

"Auto exam builder" was invented by Matt Bray (South Jordan, Utah), Stirling Waite (South Jordan, Utah), Krishna Jha (Media, Pa.), Kendal Holcombe (Liberty Hill, Texas), Joshua Dinerstein (Draper, Utah), Alex Kaplunov (Menlo Park, Calif.), Viktoria Rojkova (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Staci Mihara (Salt Lake City), Renee VonBergen (Salt Lake City), Manoj Dobbali (Salt Lake City) and Denise Hale (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system for automatically building an exam displays an automated exam-building interface. The automated...