ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,854, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Shoot-A-Way Inc. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio).

"Basketball passing system providing virtual drill instructions" was invented by John G. Joseph (Upper Sandusky, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basketball passing machine providing a multi-user mode and related systems and methods are provided. A controller receives programming information for a basketball practice drill including participant information for multiple users. Based on the programming information received, each pass in the basketball practice drill is associated with a respective one of the multiple users. A launching device passes b...