ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,117, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Pathfinding using quantum computational analytics" was invented by Marta Leigh Argumedo (Helotes, Texas), Andre Rene Buentello (San Antonio), Noe Alberto Martinez (San Antonio), Jose L. Romero Jr. (San Antonio), Desmond Montrell Savage (San Antonio) and Paula Ann Whittington (Helotes, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for identifying one more path solutions in a traffic or pedestrian context that address multiple factors specified by an individual or by groups of individuals. A...