ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,939, issued on July 21, was assigned to TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"System and method for risk assessment of Parkinsons disease" was invented by Sharmila Shekhar Mande (Pune, India), Chandrani Bose (Pune, India) and Harrisham Kaur (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The onset of Parkinson's disease (PD) is a serious concern for elderly people and it is necessary to identify the risk for PD in an individual as early as possible. A system and method for risk assessment of an individual for Parkinson's disease (PD) has been provided. The system is using a non-invasive method for risk assessment of PD through...