ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,302, issued on June 3.

"System and method for evaluating and optimizing study sessions" was invented by Ahmed Farouk Shaaban (South Barrington, Ill.) and Venkat Thandra (South Barrington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for optimizing study sessions are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a system for optimizing study sessions includes a graphical user interface (GUI), a timing device, a processor and a memory. The GUI accepts input from a user regarding a first study session. The timing device elapses for a first amount of time during the first study session. The processor and the memory are configured to: rec...