ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,296, issued on May 27, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Systems and methods for facilitating formation of university-community partnerships" was invented by Mason Mathews (Tempe, Ariz.), Brajesh Karna (Tempe, Ariz.) and Patricia Solis (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and associated methods apply text and network analysis methods to process information from online university researcher profiles and community organization websites to identify topics and shared interests that the groups have in common. The system includes a search platform that enables u...