ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,797, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Zayed University (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

"Hybrid approach for automated gap analysis with course competency" was invented by Sanaa Kaddoura (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a computer-implemented method for automated gap analysis that performs the steps of: generating a job competencies dataset, generating a course competencies dataset; generating a missing competencies dataset based on the job competencies dataset and the course competencies dataset, and outputting a recommended course dataset. The method identifies job competencies...