ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,535, issued on June 30, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Adaptive skill development and enhancement" was invented by Matthew Tyler Hord (Stanley, N.C.), Anantharaman Kendapadi (Charlotte, N.C.) and Rameshchandra Ketharaju (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive skill development and enhancement system is presented for enhancing employee skills and competencies. Data encompassing an employee's skills, education, work history, performance, and aspirations are amassed. A machine learning algorithm analyzes the data, to establish an interpersonal affinity-behavioral matrix for use in identifyin...