ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,141, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Timeshifter Inc. (Southampton, N.Y.).

"Method to shift circadian rhythm responsive to future therapy" was invented by Steven Lockley (Somerville, Mass.), Tony Hanna (Copenhagen, Denmark), Jacob Ravn (Hammenhoeg, Sweden), Mickey Beyer-Clausen (Southampton, N.Y.) and Fredric Maxik (Cocoa Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circadian rhythm shifting method to improve future therapy effectiveness including receiving a future therapy indication, identifying a circadian cycle period that performance of the therapy is preferred, receiving a user normal circadian rhythm indication, defining a us...