ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,105, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Nielsen Co. (US) LLC (New York).

"Synthetic total audience ratings" was invented by Chiara Frisardi (Arizzano, Italy), Claudio Meraviglia (Paradiso, Switzerland), Stefano Pedretti (Bioggio, Switzerland), Fabio Filatrella (Tessin, Switzerland), Davide Rindori (Paradiso, Switzerland), Stefano Ghiotto (Milan), Valerio Maretti (Cernobbio, Italy), Gianmarco Ria (Lugano, Italy), Marco Abrate (London), Fabio Scantamburlo (Castiglione Olona, Italy), Gianluca Costante (Lugano, Italy), Michela Papandrea (Bioggio, Switzerland), Tiziano Leidi (Dino, Switzerland), Andrea Quattrini (Savosa, Switzerland) and Davide Nasi (Chiasso, Switzerland).

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