ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,308, issued on June 30, was assigned to SCIENCE HOUSE LLC (New York).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for enhanced headsets" was invented by James Jorasch (New York), Christopher Capobianco (Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.), Isaac W. Hock (Chicago), Michael Werner (Seneca, S.C.), Geoffrey Gelman (New York) and Gennaro Rendino (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some embodiments, systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided for ascertaining aspects of a user, such as the user's identity, competence, health, and state of mind. In various embodiments, data is captured about ...