ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,861, issued on May 13, was assigned to The Strategic Coach Inc. (Toronto).

"Method and apparatus for determining a growth factor" was invented by Barbara Sue Smith (Toronto) and Daniel J. Sullivan (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for determining a growth factor. The method may include receiving, by a processor, entity data and determining, by the processor, a growth factor. Further, the method may include generating, by the processor, at least an interface element as a function of the growth factor and transmitting, by the processor, the at least an interface element to a graphical user interface (GUI)....