ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,143, issued on Oct. 7.

"Rhyme engine for literary works with rhyme or rhythm" was invented by Gary Bloom (Malden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rhyme engine generates hierarchical sets of imperfect rhymes by using the hierarchical relationship between consonants in a consonant family tree or chart to choose an order of consonant substitution for the perfect rhyme consonant that yields the best sounding imperfect rhymes first. Imperfect rhymes are broken down into at least four discrete levels of imperfect rhymes, starting with those based on the most closely related siblings of the perfect rhyme consonant. Words in which the ...