ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,146, issued on Oct. 14.

"System and method for detecting presence of illness symptoms" was invented by Shane Harrah (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Christina J. Harrah (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for collecting symptomatic data to screen for a targeted disease. Testing hardware incorporates a plurality of testing units with corresponding indicators that can be altered to indicate whether a symptom is present or not. The resulting data from the testing use can then be analyzed to determine the likelihood of presence of a disease."

The patent was filed on Nov. 4, 2024, under Application No. 18/936,9...