ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,916, issued on May 20.

"Virtual certificate training and evaluation system using hands-on exercises" was invented by Michael DiGiorgio (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing virtual and distance education using hands-on exercises, and more specifically, to a system and method for providing remote virtual training and skill demonstration evaluation are disclosed. The system includes an instructor computing system and one or more student computing systems. The instructor computing system include a course material processor for generating course material for presentation to student comp...